Civil rights as determinants of public health and racial and ethnic health equity: Health care, education, employment, and housing in the United States

SSM - Population Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2018, Pages 17-24

  Hahn, R A ^a   Truman, B I ^a   Williams, D R ^b  

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

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RACISM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85034628952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.10.006     Document Type: Article

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