A brief survey of awareness of common health conditions, access to health services, and utilization of health services in limited-english-proficiency hispanic/latino adults

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wolff, Joanna ^a   Ellis, Charles ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349089980     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: 1945404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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