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    Early Stage Investigators: Emerging Research Supporting Health Equity

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    Author
    Echeverria, Sandra
    Onukwugha, Eberechukwu
    Date
    2020-09-01
    Journal
    Ethnicity and Disease
    Publisher
    International Society on Hypertension in Blacks
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    Article
    
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    https://doi.org/10.18865/ed.30.4.517
    Keyword
    Cardiovascular Diseases
    Chronic Diseases
    Health Care Costs
    Health Care Delivery
    Health Equity
    Lifecourse
    Mental Health
    Perinatal Health
    Racial/Ethnic Discrimination
    Reproductive Health
    Sexual Health
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10713/13886
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    10.18865/ed.30.4.517
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