Racial/ethnic variations in women's health: The social embeddedness of health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 588-597

  Williams, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036128170     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.4.588     Document Type: Review

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