Language Preferences among Callers to a Regional Poison Center

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-101

  Shepherd, Greene ^a   Larkin, Gregory L ^b   Velez, Larissa I ^a,b   Huddleston, Les ^a  

^a North Texas Poison Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POISON CENTER;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS;

EID: 1642356850     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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