Racial residential segregation: A fundamental cause of racial disparities in health

Public Health Reports

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 404-416

  Williams, David R ^a   Collins, Chiquita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035739965     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50068-7     Document Type: Editorial

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