Relative measures alone tell only part of the story

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2014-2015

  King, Nicholas B ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^a   Harper, Sam ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NOTE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958154966     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.203232     Document Type: Letter

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