Making a case for the examination of ethnicity of Blacks in United States health research

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Arthur, Carlotta M ^a   Katkin, Edward S ^b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African; African American; Black; Caribbean American; Culture; Ethnicity; Health; Immigrant; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644784775     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0017     Document Type: Review

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