Interpersonal discrimination and health-related quality of life among black and white men and women in the United States

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1307-1312

  Sellers, Sherrill ^a   Cherepanav, Dasha ^b   Hanmer, Janel ^c   Fryback, Dennis G ^d   Palta, Mari ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH ANALYTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Interpersonal discrimination; Race and gender differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885171793     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0258-8     Document Type: Article

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