Overall Health and Health Care Utilization Among Latino American Men in the United States

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-17

  Ai, Amy L ^a   Noël, La Tonya ^a   Appel, Hoa B ^b   Huang, Bu ^c   Hefley, William E ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Minority Achievers Program   (United States)

^c BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral and mental health; chronic; health care utilization; Latino American men; National Latino and Asian American Study; NLAAS; service seeking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871332620     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988312452752     Document Type: Article

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