Race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic statusresearch exploring their effects on child health: A subject review

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1349-1351

  McCarthy, P L ^a   Christoffel, K K ^a   Dungy, C I ^a   Gillman, M W ^a   Rivara, F P ^a   Takayama, J I ^a   Alexander, D F ^a   Almquist, J R ^a   Cairo, M S ^a   Chesney, R W ^a   Irwin C E , Jr ^a   Margolis, L H ^a   McAnarney, E R ^a   Dreyer, B P ^a   Van Dyck, P ^a   Rothstein, E ^a   Schonfeld, D ^a   Simpson, L ^a   Tsang, R C ^a   Yudowsky, B ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0034088373     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.6.1349     Document Type: Article

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