Discrimination and Cumulative Disease Damage Among African American Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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Racial discrimination and disease damage among African American women with systemic lupus erythematosus
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2015.302727