Methodological issues in measuring health disparities

Vital and Health Statistics, Series 2: Data Evaluation and Methods Research

Volumn , Issue 141, 2012, Pages

  Keppel, Kenneth ^a   Pamuk, Elsie ^a   Lynch, John ^b   Carter Pokras, Olivia ^c   Kim, Insun ^a   Mays, Vickie ^d   Pearcy, Jeffrey ^a   Schoenbach, Victor ^e   Weissman, Joel S ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Hispanic origin; Race; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871640673     PISSN: 00832057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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