Aids and the health crisis of the U.S. urban poor; the perspective of critical medical anthropology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 931-948

  Singer, Merrill ^a  

^a HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; critical medical anthropology; epidemiology; inner city health

Indexed keywords

AIDS; CRITICAL MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; INNER-CITY HEALTH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL RELATIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

USA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POVERTY; RACE; REVIEW; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; POVERTY; SEX BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0028159155     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90205-4     Document Type: Article

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