Poverty, migration, and health

The Colors of Poverty : Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 135-169

  Williams, David R ^a   Mohammed, Selina A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

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