Race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status: Measurement and methodological issues

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 483-505

  Williams, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; MIGRATION; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030037041     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/U9QT-7B7Y-HQ15-JT14     Document Type: Review

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