Discrimination in health care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 910-912

  Thomson, G E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030909187     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-11-199706010-00011     Document Type: Editorial

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