Barriers in access and utilization of health services among immigrants;Barreiras no acesso e utilização dos serviços de saúde pelos imigrantes

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 511-516

  Dias, Sónia ^a   Gama, Ana ^a   Silva, António Carlos ^b   Cargaleiro, Helena ^b   Martins, Maria O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Vale do Tejo   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LAW; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856013747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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