The effects of Obama's political success on the self-rated health of blacks, hispanics, and whites

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-355

  Malat, Jennifer ^a   Timberlake, Jeffrey M ^a   Williams, David R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Race Ethnicity; Social environment; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC FIGURE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054859033     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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