Health status of Southern Arizona border counties: A Healthy Border 2010 midterm review

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

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 344-352

  Robinson, Keisha L ^a   Ernst, Kacey C ^a   Johnson, Babs L ^b   Rosales, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Pima County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Border areas; Border health; Health status; Healthy people programs; Mexico; United States

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CANCER; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MONITORING SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PIMA; YUMA;

EID: 79551715846     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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