Income and self-rated mental health: Diminished returns for high income black americans

Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Assari, Shervin ^a   Lapeyrouse, Lisa M ^b   Neighbors, Harold W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blacks; Race; Racial and ethnic health disparities; Self rated mental health; Social and economic inequalities; Socioeconomic position; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048263063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bs8050050     Document Type: Article

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