Racial inequalities in health: Framing future research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue , 2018, Pages 11-18

  Hicken, Margaret T ^a   Kravitz Wirtz, Nicole ^b   Durkee, Myles ^a   Jackson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical race theory; Inequalities; Race; Racism

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH CARE; RACE; RACISM; RESEARCH;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RACE RELATION; RACIAL HEALTH INEQUALITY; RACISM; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; ANCESTRY GROUP; FORECASTING; HEALTH DISPARITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; TRENDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RACISM; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 85040131069     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.027     Document Type: Article

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