Complex systems thinking and current impasses in health disparities research

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1627-1634

  Roux, Ana V Diez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 80051976667     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300149     Document Type: Article

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