Gaps in service utilization by Mexican Americans with mental health problems

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 928-934

  Vega, William A ^a   Kolody, Bohdan ^b   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^b   Catalano, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033009684     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.156.6.928     Document Type: Article

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