Availability of substance abuse treatment services in Spanish: A GIS analysis of Latino communities in Los Angeles County, California

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Guerrero, Erick G ^a   Pan, Karen B ^a   Curtis, Andrew ^a   Lizano, Erica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CALIFORNIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOS ANGELES; MAPS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

EID: 80051596033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-6-21     Document Type: Article

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