Utilization of routine medical services among immigrants from El Salvador

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-134

  Canto, María Teresa ^a   Shankar, Sharada ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EL SALVADOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EL SALVADOR; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034185701     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0669     Document Type: Article

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