Racialized legal status as a social determinant of health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue , 2018, Pages 19-28

  Asad, Asad L ^a   Clair, Matthew ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal status; Health disparities; Immigration status; Racialized legal status; United States

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; IMMIGRATION; LEGAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE;

CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; OFFENDER; RACE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIMINALS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016779629     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.010     Document Type: Article

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