Racism in the form of micro aggressions and the risk of preterm birth among black women

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-13.e1

  Abeysekara, Purni ^a   Helmkamp, Laura ^b   Dailey Okezie, Rhonda K ^b   Misra, Dawn P ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Premature birth; Psychological; Racism; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE EXPERIENCES OF RACISM AND BOTHER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICHIGAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; RATING SCALE; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949034304     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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