The importance of transdisciplinary collaborations for understanding and resolving health disparities

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 408-422

  Gehlert, Sarah ^a   Murray, Ann ^b   Sohmer, Dana ^b   McClintock, Martha ^c   Conzen, Suzanne ^c   Olopade, Olufunmilayo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health disparities; Intervention; Research; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK;

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS;

EID: 77951997448     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910903241124     Document Type: Article

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