Cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of racism on mental health among residents of Black neighborhoods in New York City

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 711-718

  Kwate, Naa Oyo A ^a   Goodman, Melody S ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84924697311     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302243     Document Type: Article

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