Racial discrimination and allostatic load among First Nations Australians: a nationally representative cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Increased allostatic load is linked with racial discrimination exposure, providing a mechanism for the biological embedding of racism as a psychosocial stressor. We undertook an examination of how racial discrimination interacts with socioecological, environmental, and health con...

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Main Authors: Leah Cave, Matthew N. Cooper, Stephen R. Zubrick, Carrington C. J. Shepherd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09978-7