Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Emergency Department: A Public Health Perspective

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 905-923

  Heron, Sheryl L ^a   Stettner, Edward ^a   Haley Jr , Leon L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 33748525906     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2006.06.009     Document Type: Review

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