What is a "health disparity"?

Public Health Reports

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 426-434

  Carter Pokras, Olivia ^a   Baquet, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; ETHICS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036768094     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50182-6     Document Type: Editorial

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