Thermometer use among Mexican immigrant mothers in California

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1315-1323

  Schwartz, Norah ^a   Guendelman, Sylvia ^b   English, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood fever; Health care utilization; Home remedies; Mexican American; Thermometer

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMOMETER; TOUCH; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0030820021     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00018-X     Document Type: Article

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