Ethnic discrimination prevalence and associations with health outcomes: Data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of secondary school students in New Zealand

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Crengle, Sue ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^b   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^b   Clark, Terryann ^b   Raphael, Deborah ^b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREJUDICE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84855894800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-45     Document Type: Article

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