The color of health: Skin color, ethnoracial classification, and discrimination in the health of Latin Americans

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 241-250

  Perreira, Krista M ^a   Telles, Edward E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Latin America; Latino; Race ethnicity; Self rated health; Skin color; Socio economic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ETHNICITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; PHENOTYPE; RACIAL IDENTITY; SELF ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; CLASS; GENDER RELATIONS; LATINO PEOPLE; RACE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATIN AMERICAN; MALE; MEXICO; PERU; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SKIN COLOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SKIN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

LATIN AMERICA; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PERU;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SKIN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904983918     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.054     Document Type: Article

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