Access to health care and undiagnosed diabetes along the United States-Mexico border

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-189

  Zhang, Xuanping ^a   Beckles, Gloria L ^a   Bullard, Kai McKeever ^a   Gregg, Edward W ^a   Albright, Ann L ^a   Barker, Lawrence ^a   Zhang, Xinzhi ^a   Ruíz Holguín, Rosalba ^b   Cerqueira, Maria Teresa ^b   Frontini, María ^c   Imperatore, Giuseppina ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Border health; Diabetes mellitus; Diagnosis; Health services accessibility; Mexico.; Type 2; United States

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; DIABETES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLUCOSE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; PLASMA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVEY; VULNERABILITY;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958541863     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892010000900008     Document Type: Article

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