Poverty and elimination of urban health disparities: Challenge and opportunity

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 111-125

  Thomas, Stephen B ^a   Quinn, Sandra Crouse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Poverty; Race

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; FAMILY HISTORY; FUNDING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 45549108162     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.018     Document Type: Review

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