Preventive health care among rural American Indians in New Mexico

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-202

  Gilliland, Frank D ^a,b   Mahler, Renate ^a   Hunt, W Curtis ^a   Davis, Sally M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Immunizations; Preventive health; Screening; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0032790544     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0401     Document Type: Article

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