Racial and ethnic health disparities: Evidence of discrimination's effects across the SEP spectrum

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-143

  D'Anna, Laura Hoyt ^a   Ponce, Ninez A ^b   Siegel, Judith M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrimental health effects; Discrimination; Ethnicity; Health disparities; Health status; Race; Socioeconomic position; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ETHNIC CONFLICT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RACIAL DISPARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951575570     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850903490298     Document Type: Article

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