Undocumented women: Pushed from poverty and conflict, pulled into unjust disparity

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-426

  Cohen, Mardge H ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; NOTE; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 73449115697     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2009.34     Document Type: Note

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