Racial bias in federal nutrition policy, part II: Weak guidelines take a disproportionate toll

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 201-208

  Bertron, Patricia ^a   Barnard, Neal D ^a   Mills, Milton ^a  

^a PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diabetes; Ethnicity; Heart disease; Hypertension; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GOVERNMENT; GUIDELINES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033110248     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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