Commentary: Disparities and social inequities: Is the health of African American women still in Peril?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-309

  Baker, Tamara A ^a   Buchanan, NiCole T ^b   Spencer, Tirzah R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Watson Institute for Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Arthritis; Depression; Heart disease; Women

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 78049437323     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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