Why we should continue to study race . . . but do a better job: An essay on race, racism and health

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 21-29

  Laveist, Thomas A ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Race; Racism; Study of Race

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; RACE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030459477     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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