Improving representation of linguistic minorities in health surveys

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 276-279

  Turner, Charles F ^a,b   Rogers, Susan M ^a   Hendershot, Tabitha P ^a,c   Miller, Heather G ^a   Thornberry, Jutta P ^a,c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Prog in Hlth and Behav Msrmt   (United States)

^c Survey Research Division of RTI

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPUTERS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029921183     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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