Health inequalities by class and race in the US: What can we learn from the patterns?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 665-667

  Braveman, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Health determinants; Race; Social determinants of health; USA health disparities; USA health inequality

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NOTE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WEALTH; WELLBEING;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857059918     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.009     Document Type: Note

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