Experiences of discrimination and their impact on the mental health among African American, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Latino men who have sex with men

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 868-874

  Choi, Kyung Hee ^a   Paul, Jay ^a   Ayala, George ^b   Boylan, Ross ^a   Gregorich, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Global Forum on MSM and HIV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876836994     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301052     Document Type: Article

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