Researching health inequities among African Americans: The imperative to understand social class

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 485-498

  Oliver, M Norman ^a   Muntaner, Carles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EQUITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744606107     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PPQX-47DY-KW0X-78Y8     Document Type: Article

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