Family-based health needs along the Texas-Mexico border

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 579-596

  Ramirez, A L ^a   Perez, M ^a   Munoz O J ^a   Garcia, P ^a   Trevino L ^a   Lara, P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children; health impact assessment; health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855168268     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr014     Document Type: Article

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