Self-reported experiences of discrimination and inflammation among men and women: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Health Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 343-350

  Kershaw, Kiarri N ^a   Lewis, Tené T ^b   Diez Roux, Ana V ^c   Jenny, Nancy S ^d   Liu, Kiang ^a   Penedo, Frank J ^a   Carnethon, Mercedes R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gender; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; EVERYDAY DISCRIMINATION SCALE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIFETIME DISCRIMINATION SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84963956098     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000331     Document Type: Article

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