A nationwide population-based study identifying health disparities between American Indians/Alaska Natives and the general populations living in select urban counties

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1478-1484

  Castor, Mei L ^a,b   Smyser, Michael S ^c   Taualii, Maile M ^a   Park, Alice N ^a   Lawson, Shelley A ^c   Forquera, Ralph A ^a  

^a Urban Indian Health Institute   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COLLEGE; ESKIMO; ETHNIC GROUP; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33746763071     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.053942     Document Type: Article

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