To mitigate, resist, or undo: Addressing structural influences on the health of urban populations

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 867-872

  Geronimus, Arline T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POVERTY; RACE; REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034129938     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.6.867     Document Type: Review

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