Poverty and Health: The Mediating Role of Perceived Discrimination

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 734-739

  Fuller Rowell, Thomas E ^a   Evans, Gary W ^b   Ong, Anthony D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent development; health; poverty; prejudice; psychological stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863887032     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612439720     Document Type: Article

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