Correlates of picuriste use in a sample of health-seeking haitian immigrants and adult children of immigrants in Miami-Dade County, Florida

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Rahill, Guitele J ^a   Rice, Christopher ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HAITI; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950568380     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.162479     Document Type: Article

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