Black-white infant mortality disparity in the United States: A societal litmus test

Public Health Reports

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 336-337

  Parker, Willie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEGRO; NOTE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038346522     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50257-1     Document Type: Editorial

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