Is Racism a Fundamental Cause of Inequalities in Health

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Review of Sociology

• Publication date

  2015-08-17

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV-SOC-073014-112305
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