Social resistance framework for understanding high-risk behavior among nondominant minorities: Preliminary evidence

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2245-2251

  Factor, Roni ^a   Williams, David R ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887274436     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301212     Document Type: Article

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