The strange disappearance of history from racial health disparities research

Du Bois Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 253-270

  Chowkwanyun, Merlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American History; Fundamental Causes; Methodology; Public Health; Racial Ethnic Health Disparities; Social Determinants of Health; Urban Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455253001     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X11000142     Document Type: Article

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