The association between racial and gender discrimination and body mass index among residents living in lower-income housing

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-257

  Shelton, Rachel C ^a   Puleo, Elaine ^b   Bennett, Gary G ^c,d,e   McNeill, Lorna H ^f   Sorensen, Glorian ^c   Emmons, Karen M ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Discrimination; Gender; Health disparities; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BOSTON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HOUSING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70349772254     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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