Latino children's health and the family-community health promotion model

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-92

  Mendoza, Fernando S ^a   Fuentes Afflick, Elena ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MODEL; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FAMILY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032937548     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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