Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 350-358 , September 2010

Perceived Discrimination and Health Outcomes: A Gender Comparison Among Asian-Americans Nationwide

  • Hyeouk Chris Hahm, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Boston University, School of Social Work, Boston Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Boston University, School of Social Work, 264 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215. Phone: 617-353-3925; fax: 617-353-5612.
    • ,
  • Al Ozonoff, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Jillian Gaumond, BA

      Affiliations

    • Boston University, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Stanley Sue, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Davis, California

Received 25 November 2009 ,Revised 26 April 2010 ,Accepted 7 May 2010.

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 Funded by Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (5P60AA1375905).

PII: S1049-3867(10)00059-9

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.05.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 350-358 , September 2010

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