High school census tract information predicts practice in rural and minority communities

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-232

  Hughes, Susan ^a,g   Zweifler, John ^a   Schafer, Sean ^b,c   Smith, Mark A ^d   Athwal, Sukhdeep ^e   Blossom, H John ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d La Clinica de La Raza   (United States)

^e Touro University California   (United States)

^f California Area Health Education Center   (United States)

^g USCF Fresno Emergency Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH SCHOOL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINORITY GROUP; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27644497674     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00087.x     Document Type: Article

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