Editorial: Assessing and addressing health inequities and disparities: The role of health informatics.

Front Public Health

Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, United States.

Published: April 2023

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1161892DOI Listing

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