Investigating the Relationship between Perceived Discrimination, Social Status, and Mental Health

Society and Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Lee, Hedwig ^a   Turney, Kristin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; mental health; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993790586     PISSN: 21568693     EISSN: 21568731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156869311433067     Document Type: Article

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