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  1. Sara N Bleich1,2,
  2. Roland J Thorpe1,2,
  3. Hamidah Sharif-Harris2,3,
  4. Ruth Fesahazion1,2,
  5. Thomas A LaVeist1,2
  1. 1Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  2. 2Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  3. 3Health Education Studies, Health Education Studies Program, Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  1. Correspondence to Professor Sara N Bleich, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Room 451, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; sbleich{at}jhsph.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2010.119578

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    • Competing interests None.

    • Ethics approval This study was conducted with the approval of the Johns Hopkins institutional review board.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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