Day-to-day discrimination and health among Asian Indians: A population-based study of Gujarati men and women in Metropolitan Detroit

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 471-483

  Yoshihama, Mieko ^a   Bybee, Deborah ^b   Blazevski, Juliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Indian; Discrimination; Gender; Self rated health; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867888589     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9375-z     Document Type: Article

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