Self-identified race, socially assigned skin tone, and adult physiological dysregulation: Assessing multiple dimensions of “race” in health disparities research

SSM - Population Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 595-602

  Cobb, Ryon J ^a   Thomas, Courtney S ^b   Laster Pirtle, Whitney N ^c   Darity, William A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Racial identification; Skin tone; Socially assigned race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983605888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.06.007     Document Type: Article

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