Potential impact of restricting STD/HIV care for immigrants in Los Angeles County

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 532-535

  Asch, Steven ^b,c   Rulnick, Sara ^a   Todoroff, Cheri ^a   Richwald, Gary ^a  

^a Pac Ctr for Hlth Plcy and Ethics   (United States)

^b Pac Ctr for Hlth Plcy and Ethics   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

delivery of health care; health service accessibility; legislation; sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COST; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0030462167     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462961918482     Document Type: Article

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