Rural/urban differences in access to and utilization of services among people in Alabama with sickle cell disease

Public Health Reports

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Telfair, Joseph ^a   Haque, Akhlaque ^a   Etienne, Marc ^a   Tang, Shenghui ^b   Strasser, Sheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0037288007     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50214-5     Document Type: Article

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