Understanding Health Inequalities for Uninsured Americans: A Population-wide Survey

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-300

  Cheong, Pauline Hope ^a,b   Feeley, Thomas Hugh ^a   Servoss, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b The State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248592409     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730701266430     Document Type: Article

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