title: The ostrich, the albatross, and public health: an ecosocial perspective--or why an explicit focus on health consequences of discrimination and deprivation is vital for good science and public health practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Social Behavior and Harvard Center for Society and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. nkrieger@hsph.harvard.edu
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authors.lastname: Krieger
mesh_terms: D006302:Health Services Research; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D011287:Prejudice; D015980:Public Health Practice; D011822:Race Relations; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States