Use of school nurse services among poor ethnic minority students in the urban pacific northwest

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 308-316

  Fleming, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Race; School health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; POVERTY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL NURSING; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960125001     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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