Barriers to health care access for Latino children: A review

Family Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 196-205

  Flores, Glenn ^a   Vega, Luis R ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COUGHING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIARRHEA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POVERTY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACCULTURATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031944897     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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