Racial and ethnic disparities in health care for adolescents: A systematic review of the literature

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 867-874

  Elster, Arthur ^a   Jarosik, Julie ^b   VanGeest, Jonathan ^b   Fleming, Missy ^b  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041335648     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.9.867     Document Type: Review

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