The ethnic patterning of health: New directions for theory and research

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-171

  Smaje, Chris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Health inequalities; Sociological theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030560053     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.ep10934605     Document Type: Article

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