Health status and health services access and utilization among chinese, filipino, japanese, korean, south asian, and vietnamese children in california

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 823-830

  Yu, Stella M ^a   Huang, Zhihuan Jennifer ^b   Singh, Gopal K ^a  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

ASIA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; MALE; PHILIPPINES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; VIETNAM;

EID: 77951217025     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.168948     Document Type: Article

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