Racism and health

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 474-483

  Paradies, Y C ^a   Williams, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Coping; Discrimination; Ethnicity; Measurement; Oppression; Perception; Privilege; Race; Racism; Segregation; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884448148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00569-4     Document Type: Chapter

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