The link between discrimination and telomere length in african american adults

Health Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 458-467

  Lee, Daniel B ^a   Kim, Eric S ^b   Neblett, Enrique W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Health disparities; Race; Social factors influencing health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; TELOMERE LENGTH; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TRENDS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018616042     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000450     Document Type: Article

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