Naming Racism, Not Race, As a Determinant of Tobacco-Related Health Disparities

Overview

Journal Nicotine Tob Res

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Public Health

Date 2021 Apr 6

PMID 33822185

Citations 14

Authors

Jennifer L Pearson

Andrew Waa

Kamran Siddiqi

Richard Edwards

Patricia Nez Henderson

Monica Webb Hooper

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