Reported racial discrimination, trust in physicians, and medication adherence among inner-city African Americans with hypertension

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Cuffee, Yendelela L ^a   Hargraves, J Lee ^b   Rosal, Milagros ^b   Briesacher, Becky A ^b   Schoenthaler, Antoinette ^a   Person, Sharina ^b   Hullett, Sandral ^c   Allison, Jeroan ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Preventive Behavioral Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRUST; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRUST; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84886442826     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301554     Document Type: Article

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