Health disparities in the latino population

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-112

  Vega, William A ^a   Rodriguez, Michael A ^a   Gruskin, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status disparities; Hispanic Americans; Mortality; Public health

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; LIVER CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STOMACH CANCER; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350656892     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxp008     Document Type: Review

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