Perceived discrimination and use of health care services in a North Carolina population of Latino immigrants

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-13

  Keller, Sara C ^a   Silberberg, Mina ^b   Hartmann, Katherine E ^c   Michener, J Lloyd ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethnicity; Health care services; Insurance status; Latinos

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949348403     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1540-4153.8.1.4     Document Type: Article

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