Racial disparities in health and wealth: The effects of slavery and past discrimination

Review of Black Political Economy

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 95-110

  Gaskin, Darrell J ^a,b   Headen, Alvin E ^c   White Means, Shelley I ^d  

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

^b Morgan Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 32944460835     PISSN: 00346446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-005-1007-9     Document Type: Review

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