Self-reported experiences of discrimination and visceral fat in middle-aged African-American and caucasian women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1223-1231

  Lewis, Tené T ^a   Kravitz, Howard M ^b   Janssen, Imke ^b   Powell, Lynda H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; cardiovascular diseases; depression; discrimination (psychology); intra abdominal fat; obesity, abdominal; waist circumference; women

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TOMOGRAPHY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957789739     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq466     Document Type: Article

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