Racial/ethnic variation in functional and self-reported health.

PubWeight™: 1.05‹?› | Rank: Top 15%

🔗 View Article (PMC 1449245)

Published in Am J Public Health on April 01, 2005

Authors

Zheng Wu1, Christoph M Schimmele

Author Affiliations

1: Dept of Sociology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3050, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P5 Canada. zhengwu@uvic.ca

Articles cited by this

Neighborhood characteristics associated with the location of food stores and food service places. Am J Prev Med (2002) 13.39

Racial/ethnic discrimination and health: findings from community studies. Am J Public Health (2003) 10.78

Socioeconomic status and health: the potential role of environmental risk exposure. Annu Rev Public Health (2002) 5.84

Health risk and inequitable distribution of liquor stores in African American neighborhood. Soc Sci Med (2000) 4.13

Beyond dummy variables and sample selection: what health services researchers ought to know about race as a variable. Health Serv Res (1994) 3.67

The concept of race and health status in America. Public Health Rep (1994) 3.67

Race in epidemiology. Int J Health Serv (1999) 2.98

Race/ethnicity, the social environment, and health. Soc Sci Med (1996) 2.88

Health and the social status of blacks in the United States. Ann Epidemiol (1993) 2.51

Living and dying in the U.S.A.: sociodemographic determinants of death among blacks and whites. Demography (1992) 2.35

Racial inequality in active life among adult Americans. Demography (1999) 2.02

Tobacco and alcohol billboards in 50 Chicago neighborhoods: market segmentation to sell dangerous products to the poor. J Public Health Policy (1995) 1.97

Inequality in life expectancy, functional status, and active life expectancy across selected black and white populations in the United States. Demography (2001) 1.64

Comparison of smoking-related risk factors among black and white males. Am J Ind Med (1989) 1.59

Alcohol-related problems among black, Hispanic and white men: the contribution of neighborhood poverty. J Stud Alcohol (1997) 1.47

Individual and contextual risks of death among race and ethnic groups in the United States. J Health Soc Behav (2002) 1.43

A case study in the use of race and ethnicity in public health surveillance. Public Health Rep (1994) 1.38

Race, socioeconomic status, and psychological distress: an examination of differential vulnerability. J Health Soc Behav (1989) 1.33

Gender, ethnicity and self-reported health: the case of African-Caribbean populations in London. Soc Sci Med (2000) 1.10

The convergence of vulnerable characteristics and health insurance in the US. Soc Sci Med (2001) 1.08

Risk factors for stroke in blacks: a critical review. Am J Epidemiol (1999) 1.05

The monitoring of racial/ethnic status in the USA: data quality issues. Ethn Health (1999) 1.02

Race, ethnicity, and depression in Canadian society. J Health Soc Behav (2003) 1.00

Obesity, physical inactivity, and risk for cardiovascular disease. Am J Med Sci (2002) 0.95

Health profile of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Ethn Health (1999) 0.83

Distribution and association of chronic disease and mobility difficulty across four body mass index categories of African-American women. Am J Epidemiol (1997) 0.81

Canadian and American health care: myths and realities. Health Soc Work (1993) 0.78

Articles by these authors

Immigrant status and unmet health care needs. Can J Public Health (2005) 1.35

Race, ethnicity, and depression in Canadian society. J Health Soc Behav (2003) 1.00

Aging and late-life depression. J Aging Health (2011) 0.90

Developing scales for measuring gender behaviors in reproductive health in rural China. Biodemography Soc Biol (2009) 0.80