Pain, Racial Discrimination, and Depressive Symptoms among African American Women

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 79-87

  Walker Taylor, Janiece L ^a   Campbell, Claudia M ^b   Thorpe, Roland J ^c,d   Whitfield, Keith E ^d   Nkimbeng, Manka ^a   Szanton, Sarah L ^a,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACISM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85041402175     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2017.11.008     Document Type: Article

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