Disparities in whites' versus blacks' self-rated health: Social status, health-care services, and health behaviors

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 727-733

  Lo, Celia C ^a   Howell, Rebecca J ^b   Cheng, Tyrone C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Health care services; Race; Self rated health; Social status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; BLACK PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880047090     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9671-3     Document Type: Article

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