The associations of multiple dimensions of discrimination and abdominal fat in african american adults: The jackson heart study

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-14

  Hickson, DeMarc A ^a,b   Lewis, Tené T ^c   Liu, Jiankang ^b   Mount, David L ^d   Younge, Sinead N ^e   Jenkins, William C ^f   Sarpong, Daniel F ^a   Williams, David R ^g  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; African Americans; Discrimination; Jackson Heart Study; Psychological stressors; Racism

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREJUDICE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 84863722810     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-011-9334-5     Document Type: Article

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