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Email Address: S Sam Lim: sslim@emory.edu
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- Science & Technology
- Life Sciences & Biomedicine
- Rheumatology
Racial discrimination and disease damage among African American women with systemic lupus erythematosus
Abstract:
African American women with SLE experience faster progression and worse consequences of disease compared with their White counterparts. This study sought to examine whether self-reported routine experiences of discrimination, as a source of psychosocial stress, is associated with disease damage among African American women with SLE.
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© 2014 Chae et al.
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