Lifetime racial/ethnic discrimination and ambulatory blood pressure: The moderating effect of age

Health Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 333-342

  Beatty Moody, Danielle L ^a   Waldstein, Shari R ^a   Tobin, Jonathan N ^b   Cassells, Andrea ^b   Schwartz, Joseph C ^c   Brondolo, Elizabeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Clinical Directors Network   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Discrimination; Disparities; Hypertension; Racial ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; RACISM; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE USE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMPLICATION; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84963956093     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000270     Document Type: Article

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