Dsparities in access to health care among non-citizens in the united states

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-320

  Lee, Sungkyu ^a   Choi, Sunha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Citizenship status; Health care disparities; Health policy; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951549413     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2009.18.3.307     Document Type: Article

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