Characteristics of newly immigrated, Spanish-speaking Latinos who use the pediatric emergency department: Preliminary findings in a secondary migration city

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 345-350

  Vaughn, Lisa M ^a,b   Jacquez, Farrah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

immigration; Latinos; secondary migration city

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84859629377     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31824d9bb0     Document Type: Article

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