Immunization disparities by hispanic ethnicity and language preference

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-165

  Haviland, Amelia M ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Hambarsoomian, Katrin ^a   Lurie, Nicole ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICARE; MULTILINGUALISM; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251591927     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.499     Document Type: Article

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