Health disparities in African American males

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-43

  Witt, Deborah K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; PREJUDICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644629336     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2005.11.010     Document Type: Review

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