Measuring disparity among American Indians and Alaska natives; who's counting whom?

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 579-581

  Grossman, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0038317662     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200305000-00003     Document Type: Editorial

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