Racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care among U.S. adolescents

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2031-2059

  Lau, May ^a,b   Lin, Hua ^a   Flores, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; disparities; health; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866483912     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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