Minority primary care physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices on eye health and preferred sources of information

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1247-1254

  Ammary Risch, Neyal ^a   Kwon, Harry T ^b   Scarbrough, William ^b   Higginbotham, Eve ^c   Heath Watson, Shelly ^b  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Minority health; Ophthalmic; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; EYE CARE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MINORITY HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 75149169756     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31136-6     Document Type: Article

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