Caught between "The Rock" and A Hard Place

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 784-789

  Stafford, Stephen ^a  

^a Montefiore   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HAWAII; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951227855     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.191064     Document Type: Article

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