Racial/ethnic disparities in the use of preventive services among the elderly

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 388-395

  Chen, Judy Y ^a   Diamant, Allison ^a   Pourat, Nadereh ^a   Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 29144499045     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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