The Affordable Care Act: Implications for African Americans Living with HIV

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-333

  Owens, Allessia P ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; African Americans; health care access; HIV; social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859584929     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2012.655600     Document Type: Review

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