The pursuit of equity in health: Reflections on race and public health data in Southern Africa

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1690-1693

  Bassett, M T ^a  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033766211     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.90.11.1690     Document Type: Article

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