Role of acculturation research in advancing science and practice in reducing health care disparities among latinos

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-23

  Zambrana, Ruth E ^a   Carter Pokras, Olivia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049145804     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.138826     Document Type: Review

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