Racial/ethnic variations in women's health: the social embeddedness of health.

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Published in Am J Public Health on September 01, 2008

Authors

David R Williams1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sociology and Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, PO Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA. wildavid@umich.edu

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