Health disparities in chronic diseases: Where the money is

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 266-270

  Crook, Errol D ^a   Peters, Mosha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Chronic diseases; Health disparities; Preventive health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 43749123441     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31816902f1     Document Type: Article

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