Mismatched racial identities, colourism, and health in Toronto and Vancouver

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1152-1162

  Veenstra, Gerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Colourism; Depressed feelings; Hypertension; Racial identities; Self rated mental health; Self rated overall health

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNICITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN COLOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO; VANCOUVER;

EID: 80053324842     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.030     Document Type: Article

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