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Graciela Mentz
Researcher at University of Michigan
Publications - 111
Citations - 3474
Graciela Mentz is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 91 publications receiving 2914 citations. Previous affiliations of Graciela Mentz include National Institutes of Health.
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Discrimination, Symptoms of Depression, and Self-Rated Health Among African American Women in Detroit: Results From a Longitudinal Analysis
Amy J. Schulz,Clarence C. Gravlee,David R. Williams,Barbara A. Israel,Graciela Mentz,Zachary Rowe +5 more
TL;DR: The results reported here are consistent with the hypothesis that everyday encounters with discrimination are causally associated with poor mental and physical health outcomes and holds above and beyond the effects of income and education.
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Neighborhood Retail Food Environment and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Multiethnic Urban Population
Shannon N. Zenk,Laurie Lachance,Amy J. Schulz,Graciela Mentz,Srimathi Kannan,William Ridella +5 more
TL;DR: The neighborhood food environment influences fruit and vegetable intake, and the size of this relationship may vary for different racial/ethnic subpopulations.
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Acute Effects of Ambient Particulate Matter on Blood Pressure: Differential Effects Across Urban Communities
J. Timothy Dvonch,Srimathi Kannan,Amy J. Schulz,Gerald J. Keeler,Graciela Mentz,James S. House,Alison Benjamin,Paul Max,Robert L. Bard,Robert D. Brook +9 more
TL;DR: The effects of differing community-level exposure to PM2.5 on daily measures of blood pressure among an adult population appeared to be mitigated, partially explaining the age effect, because those participants <55 years of age were less likely to take BP medications.
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Associations Between Socioeconomic Status and Allostatic Load: Effects of Neighborhood Poverty and Tests of Mediating Pathways
Amy J. Schulz,Graciela Mentz,Laurie Lachance,Jonetta Johnson,Causandra Gaines,Barbara A. Israel +5 more
TL;DR: Neighborhood poverty is associated with wear and tear on physiological systems, and this relationship is mediated through psychosocial stress, and these relationships are evident after accounting for household poverty levels.
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Air Pollution–Associated Changes in Lung Function among Asthmatic Children in Detroit
Toby C. Lewis,Thomas G. Robins,J. Timothy Dvonch,Gerald J. Keeler,Fuyuen Y. Yip,Graciela Mentz,Xihong Lin,Edith A. Parker,Barbara A. Israel,Linda Gonzalez,Yolanda Hill +10 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that levels of air pollutants in Detroit, which are above the current National Ambient Air Quality Standards, adversely affect lung function of susceptible asthmatic children.