Overall health and healthcare utilization among latino american women in the United States

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 878-885

  Ai, Amy L ^a   Appel, Hoa B ^b   Huang, Bu ^c   Lee, Kathy ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Minority Achievers Program   (United States)

^c BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CUBA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864696098     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.3431     Document Type: Review

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