Perceptions of race/ethnic discrimination in relation to mortality among black women: Results from the black women's health study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 896-904

  Albert, Michelle A ^a,b   Cozier, Yvette ^c   Ridker, Paul M ^a,b   Palmer, Julie R ^c   Glynn, Robert J ^a   Rose, Lynda ^a   Halevy, Nitsan ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^c  

^a Donald W Reynolds Center for Cardiovascular Disease Research   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952704512     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.116     Document Type: Article

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