Research on discrimination and health: an exploratory study of unresolved conceptual and measurement issues.

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Published in Am J Public Health on March 15, 2012

Authors

David R Williams1, Dolly A John, Daphna Oyserman, John Sonnega, Selina A Mohammed, James S Jackson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. dwilliam@hsph.harvard.edu

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