Lessons from political science: Health status and improving how we study race

Mapping "Race": Critical Approaches to Health Disparities Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 104-116

  Sanchez, Gabriel R ^a   Ybarra, Vickie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NONE

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