Perceived discrimination and social networks among older African Americans and caribbean blacks

Family and Community Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 300-311

  Marshall, Gillian L ^a   Rue, Tessa C ^b  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; aging; Caribbean; depressive symptoms; perceived discrimination; support networks

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865993211     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318266660f     Document Type: Article

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