U.S. child health: What's amiss, and what should be done about it?

Health Affairs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Starfield, Barbara ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644264980     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.23.5.165     Document Type: Review

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