Refiguring 'race': Epidemiology, racialized biology, and biological expressions of race relations

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 211-216

  Krieger, Nancy ^a  

^a Dept of Health and Social Behavior ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY;

DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033998849     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/672J-1PPF-K6QT-9N7U     Document Type: Review

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