Ethnic and racial health disparities research: Issues and problems

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-469

  Sue, Stanley ^a   Dhindsa, Meenu K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Disparities; Ethnicity; Health; Race

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RACE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745091509     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106287922     Document Type: Review

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