Racial differences in health: Not just black and white, but shades of gray

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue , 1996, Pages 411-448

  Lillie Blanton, Marsha ^a,b   Parsons, P Ellen ^a,c   Gayle, Helene ^d   Dievler, Anne ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Kaiser Commn the Fut of Medicaid   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029968032     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pu.17.050196.002211     Document Type: Review

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