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Shervin Assari to Health Status Disparities

This is a "connection" page, showing publications Shervin Assari has written about Health Status Disparities.
Connection Strength

5.812
  1. Assari S. Black Americans' Diminished Health Returns of Professional Occupations: A Thirty-Year Follow-Up Study of Middle-Aged and Older Adults. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Aug; 12(4):2103-2114.
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    Score: 0.546
  2. Assari S. Racial Differences in Biopsychosocial Pathways to Tobacco and Marijuana Use Among Youth. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Aug; 12(4):2115-2127.
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    Score: 0.546
  3. Assari S, Bazargan M, Chalian M. The Unequal Effect of Income on Risk of Overweight/Obesity of Whites and Blacks with Knee Osteoarthritis: the Osteoarthritis Initiative. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 08; 7(4):776-784.
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    Score: 0.407
  4. C Evans M, Bazargan M, Cobb S, Assari S. Pain Intensity among Community-Dwelling African American Older Adults in an Economically Disadvantaged Area of Los Angeles: Social, Behavioral, and Health Determinants. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 10 14; 16(20).
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    Score: 0.397
  5. Assari S, Boyce S, Bazargan M, Mincy R, Caldwell CH. Unequal Protective Effects of Parental Educational Attainment on the Body Mass Index of Black and White Youth. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 09 27; 16(19).
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    Score: 0.395
  6. Assari S. Unequal Gain of Equal Resources across Racial Groups. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2018 01 01; 7(1):1-9.
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    Score: 0.351
  7. Assari S. General Self-Efficacy and Mortality in the USA; Racial Differences. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 08; 4(4):746-757.
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    Score: 0.322
  8. Assari S. Association Between Self-Esteem and Depressive Symptoms Is Stronger Among Black than White Older Adults. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 08; 4(4):687-695.
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    Score: 0.319
  9. Assari S. Number of Chronic Medical Conditions Fully Mediates the Effects of Race on Mortality; 25-Year Follow-Up of a Nationally Representative Sample of Americans. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 08; 4(4):623-631.
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    Score: 0.317
  10. Assari S, Sonnega A, Pepin R, Leggett A. Residual Effects of Restless Sleep over Depressive Symptoms on Chronic Medical Conditions: Race by Gender Differences. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 02; 4(1):59-69.
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    Score: 0.307
  11. Assari S, Lankarani MM. The Association Between Obesity and Weight Loss Intention Weaker Among Blacks and Men than Whites and Women. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2015 Sep; 2(3):414-20.
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    Score: 0.292
  12. Assari S, Burgard S, Zivin K. Long-Term Reciprocal Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Number of Chronic Medical Conditions: Longitudinal Support for Black-White Health Paradox. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2015 Dec; 2(4):589-97.
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    Score: 0.292
  13. Assari S, Caldwell CH. Gender and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Obesity and Depression Among Black Adolescents. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2015 Dec; 2(4):481-93.
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    Score: 0.289
  14. Assari S, Watkins DC, Caldwell CH. Race Attribution Modifies the Association Between Daily Discrimination and Major Depressive Disorder Among Blacks: the Role of Gender and Ethnicity. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2015 Jun; 2(2):200-10.
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    Score: 0.286
  15. Allgood KL, Fleischer NL, Assari S, Morenoff J, Needham BL. School Segregation During Adolescence is Associated with Higher 30-Year Cardiovascular Risk of Black but not White Young Adults. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Oct; 12(5):3324-3338.
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    Score: 0.140
  16. Zare H, Gilmore DR, Assari S, Molina IB, Delarmente BA, Azadi M, Thorpe RJ. Income Inequality, Gender Disparities, and Ethnic Differences: Investigating Allostatic Load in American Adults. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Jun; 12(3):1967-1979.
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    Score: 0.136
  17. Rahmani A, Najand B, Maharlouei N, Zare H, Assari S. COVID-19 Pandemic as an Equalizer of the Health Returns of Educational Attainment for Black and White Americans. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 06; 11(3):1223-1237.
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    Score: 0.129
  18. Assari S, Zare H. Beyond access, proximity to care, and healthcare use: sustained racial disparities in perinatal outcomes due to marginalization-related diminished returns and racism. J Pediatr Nurs. 2022 Mar-Apr; 63:e161-e163.
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    Score: 0.114
  19. Blostein F, Assari S, Caldwell CH. Gender and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Body Image Dissatisfaction and Binge Eating Disorder among Blacks. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 08; 4(4):529-538.
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    Score: 0.079
  20. Leggett A, Pepin R, Sonnega A, Assari S. Predictors of New Onset Sleep Medication and Treatment Utilization Among Older Adults in the United States. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2016 07; 71(7):954-60.
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    Score: 0.076
  21. Watkins DC, Assari S, Johnson-Lawrence V. Race and Ethnic Group Differences in Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Chronic Medical Conditions. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2015 Sep; 2(3):385-94.
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    Score: 0.072
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