Determinants of children's primary health care use

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-39

  Janicke, David M ^a   Finney, Jack W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health care; Help seeking; Primary care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002434163     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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