Addressing health disparities and environmental justice: The National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health Information Outreach Program

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 330-336

  Dutcher, Gale A ^a   Spann, Melvin ^a   Gaines, Cynthia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOMEDICINE; COLLEGE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; JUSTICE; LIBRARY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; POPULATION; RESEARCH; STAFF; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (U.S.); ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34547107342     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.3.330     Document Type: Article

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