A new conceptualization of ethnicity for social epidemiologic and health equity research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-258

  Ford, Chandra L ^a   Harawa, Nina T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Health disparities; Race relations; Social epidemiology; Social stratification; USA

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHNICITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; IDENTITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953683589     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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