The impact of ethnicity, family income, and parental education on children's health and use of health services

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1066-1071

  Flores, Glenn ^a   Bauchner, Howard ^a   Feinstein, Alvan R ^b   Nguyen, Uyen Sa D T ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Boston University School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033366721     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.7.1066     Document Type: Article

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