Is language a barrier to the use of preventive services?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 472-477

  Woloshin, Steven ^a   Schwartz, Lisa M ^a   Katz, Steven J ^b   Welch, H Gilbert ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility of health services; Communication barriers; Language; Preventive health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030751833     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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