Racism, social resources and mental health for Aboriginal people living in Adelaide

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-237

  Ziersch, Anna ^a   Gallaher, Gilbert ^a   Baum, Fran ^a   Bentley, Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Discrimination; Mental health; Racism; Social resources

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959884820     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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