Healthcare access and barriers for unauthorized immigrants in El Paso County, Texas

Family and Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-21

  Heyman, Josiah McC ^a,b   Núñez, Guillermina Gina ^a   Talavera, Victor ^b  

^a Department of Sociology and Anthropology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Latinos; Unauthorized immigrants; Undocumented immigrants; US Mexico border

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149352561     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000342813.42025.a3     Document Type: Article

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