What are health disparities and health equity? we need to be clear

Public Health Reports

Volumn 129, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages 5-8

  Braveman, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SLAVERY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TAX; WORK ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

EID: 84891287825     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549141291s203     Document Type: Article

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