Hispanic male health disparities

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-60

  Diaz Jr , Victor Alejandro ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MEN'S HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; STROKE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33644619617     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2005.11.013     Document Type: Review

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