Nativity status and access to care in Canada and the U.S.: Factoring in the roles of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1075-1100

  Lebrun, Lydie A ^a   Shi, Leiyu ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Immigrants; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051860144     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0075     Document Type: Article

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