Perceived reactions to race and health status in the Massachusetts behavioral risk factor surveillance system survey

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 492-496

  Zuckerman, Rachael B ^a   Tinsley, Liane J ^b   Hawk, Helen ^b   Cohen, Bruce ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral risk factor surveillance system; Health status disparities; Massachusetts; Prejudice; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BINGE EATING DISORDER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; RACE; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RACISM; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84869010405     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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