Methodological Approaches to Understanding Causes of Health Disparities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 109, Issue , 2019, Pages S28-S33

  Jeffries, Neal ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Diez Roux, Ana V ^c   Creswell, John W ^d   Palmer, Richard C ^e   Gregorich, Steven E ^f   Reschovsky, James D ^g   Graubard, Barry I ^h   Choi, Kelvin ^e   Pfeiffer, Ruth M ^h   Zhang, Xinzhi ^e   Breen, Nancy ^e  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; CAUSALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CAUSALITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85060905936     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304843     Document Type: Article

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