Editorials: Layers of inequality: Power, policy, and health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  David, Richard J ^a,b   Collins, James W ^c,d  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; POLICY; RACE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893454051     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301765     Document Type: Editorial

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