Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination among fifth-grade students and its association with mental health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 878-884

  Coker, Tumaini R ^a,b,g   Elliott, Marc N ^b   Kanouse, David E ^b   Grunbaum, Jo Anne ^c   Schwebel, David C ^d   Gilliland, M Janice ^d   Tortolero, Susan R ^e   Peskin, Melissa F ^e   Schuster, Mark A ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RACISM; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949144993     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.144329     Document Type: Article

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