Are African Americans really less willing to use health care?

Social Problems

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-271

  Schnittker, Jason ^a   Pescosolido, Bernice A ^b   Croghan, Thomas W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 19744366102     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2005.52.2.255     Document Type: Review

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