Racism and health

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7380, 2003, Pages 65-66

  McKenzie, Kwame ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CAREER; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LAW; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037431693     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.65     Document Type: Editorial

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