Socioeconomic status discrimination is associated with poor sleep in African-Americans, but not Whites

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue , 2016, Pages 141-147

  Van Dyke, Miriam E ^a   Vaccarino, Viola ^a   Quyyumi, Arshed A ^b   Lewis, Tené T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Sleep; Social discrimination

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EQUITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958232146     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.02.012     Document Type: Article

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