Racial discrimination, socioeconomic position, and illicit drug use among US Blacks

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 551-560

  Carliner, Hannah ^a   Delker, Erin ^b   Fink, David S ^a   Keyes, Katherine M ^a   Hasin, Deborah S ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Intersectionality; Racial discrimination; Socioeconomic position; Substance use

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955322724     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-016-1174-y     Document Type: Article

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