Providing health services for Hispanic Americans

Medical Update for Psychiatrists

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-32

  Rothschild, Steven K ^a,b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HOMICIDE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031846454     PISSN: 10827579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1082-7579(97)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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