Exploring the Use of Nonmedical Sources of Prescription Drugs Among Immigrant Latinos in the Rural Southeastern USA

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-167

  Vissman, Aaron T ^a   Bloom, Fred R ^b   Leichliter, Jami S ^b   Bachmann, Laura H ^a,c   Montaño, Jaime ^d   Topmiller, Michael ^e   Rhodes, Scott D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c WG Hefner Medical Center   (United States)

^d Chatham Social Health Council   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Health education; Hispanic Latino; Immigrant; Prescription drugs; Rural

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMERCE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953285935     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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