Investigating the relationship between socially-assigned ethnicity, racial discrimination and health advantage in New Zealand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Cormack, Donna M ^a   Harris, Ricci B ^a   Stanley, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION GROUPS; PREJUDICE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894112713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084039     Document Type: Article

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