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Racial-ethnic disparities in self-reported health status among US adults adjusted for sociodemographics and multimorbidities, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2014

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Pages 65-78 | Received 15 Jul 2016, Accepted 16 Oct 2017, Published online: 02 Nov 2017

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