Child health in the United States: Recent trends in racial/ethnic disparities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-15

  Mehta, Neil K ^a   Lee, Hedwig ^b   Ylitalo, Kelly R ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Autism; Child health; Disparities; Ethnicity; Inequality; Race; Trends; United States

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADL DISABILITY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISABILITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; AUTISM; CHILD HEALTH; DISPARITIES; ETHNICITY; INEQUALITY; RACE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883458955     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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