Filipino child health in the United States: Do health and health care disparities exist?

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Javier, Joyce R ^a   Huffman, Lynne C ^a   Mendoza, Fernando S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHILIPPINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247893815     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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