Eliminating health disparities: What have we done and what do we do next?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1237-1239

  Apter, Andrea J ^a   Casillas, Adrian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; Health disparities; workforce diversity

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649225564     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.04.028     Document Type: Editorial

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