Race, Ethnicity, and Health: An Intersectional Approach

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 191-218

  Weber, Lynn ^a   Fore, M Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Address Health Disparity; Black Woman; Ethnic Disparity; Health Disparity; Intersectional Approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849120848     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-70845-4_12     Document Type: Chapter

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