Lessons learned from a binational survey to examine women's health status in the US-Mexico border region

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Delgado, Evelyn ^a   Castrucci, Brian C ^a   Fonseca, Vincent ^a   Dutton, R J ^a   Berrahou, Fouad ^a  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEXICO; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEXICO; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 58149114956     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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