Race: A major health status and outcome variable 1980-1999

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Clayton, Linda A ^a   Byrd, W Michael ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Racism; Slave health deficit

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREJUDICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035531247     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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