Access to healthcare among working-aged hispanic adults in the United States

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1319-1343

  Durden, T Elizabeth ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 33750899495     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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