Disparities in routine physical examinations among in-school adolescents of differing Latino origins

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 310-320

  Sarmiento, Olga L ^a   Miller, William C ^a,c   Ford, Carol A ^c   Schoenbach, Victor J ^a   Viadro, Claire I ^b   Adimora, Adaora A ^a,c   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Disparities; Health care utilization; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INSURANCE; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 4644346340     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00541-X     Document Type: Article

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