Health and Medical Care among the Children of Immigrants

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1494-1500

  Ziol Guest, Kathleen M ^a   Kalil, Ariel ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866145029     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01795.x     Document Type: Article

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