Effects of racial prejudice on the health of communities: A multilevel survival analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2349-2355

  Lee, Yeonjin ^a   Muennig, Peter ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c   Hatzenbuehler, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACISM; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MORTALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84943786767     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302776     Document Type: Article

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