Race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status in research on child health

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e225-e237

  Cheng, Tina L ^a   Goodman, Elizabeth ^a   Bogue, Clifford W ^a   Chien, Alyna T ^a   Dean, J Michael ^a   Kharbanda, Anupam B ^a   Peeples, Eric S ^a   Scheindlin, Ben ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ETHNIC GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACCULTURATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RACISM; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84920404981     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3109     Document Type: Article

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