Racial and ethnic differences in unmet need for vision care among children with special health care needs

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 895-902

  Heslin, Kevin C ^a   Casey, Richard ^a   Shaheen, Magda A ^a   Cardenas, Fernando ^a   Baker, Richard S ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPECTACLES; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33745023797     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.6.895     Document Type: Article

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