Looking through a glass, darkly: Eliminating health disparities

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Liburd, Leandris C ^a   Wayne Giles, H ^b   Mensah, George A ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

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EID: 84978431537     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
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