Relationships among neighborhood environment, racial discrimination, psychological distress, and preterm birth in african american women

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Giurgescu, Carmen ^a   Zenk, Shannon N ^a   Dancy, Barbara L ^a   Park, Chang G ^a   Dieber, William ^a   Block, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood environment; Preterm birth; Racial discrimination; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870301832     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2012.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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