The effect of perceived racial discrimination on bodily pain among older African American men

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1341-1352

  Burgess, Diana J ^a,b   Grill, Joseph ^a   Noorbaloochi, Siamak ^a,b   Griffin, Joan M ^a,b   Ricards, Jennifer ^b,c   Van Ryn, Michelle ^d   Partin, Melissa R ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans; Elderly; Pain; Perceived discrimination; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; RACE; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TELEPHONE; VETERAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 70949088593     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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