Disentangling race and socioeconomic status: A key to understanding health inequalities

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages

  LaVeist, Thomas A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health disparities; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26644435087     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti061     Document Type: Article

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