Racial and ethnic health disparities among fifth-graders in three cities

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 735-745

  Schuster, Mark A ^a,b,c   Elliott, Marc N ^c   Kanouse, David E ^c   Wallander, Jan L ^d   Tortolero, Susan R ^e   Ratner, Jessica A ^a   Klein, David J ^a   Cuccaro, Paula M ^e   Davies, Susan L ^f   Banspach, Stephen W ^g  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BULLYING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HELMET; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84865304563     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1114353     Document Type: Article

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