Dollar for Dollar: Racial and ethnic inequalities in health and health-related outcomes among persons with very high income

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue , 2017, Pages 149-153

  Wilson, Kanetha B ^a   Thorpe, Roland J ^b   LaVeist, Thomas A ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Health disparities; Health statuses; High income; Income; Racial ethnic groups; Utilization of medical services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85013428420     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.08.038     Document Type: Article

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