Disparities in preventive health services among Somali immigrants and refugees

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 968-974

  Ben Morrison, T ^a   Wieland, Mark L ^b   Cha, Stephen S ^c   Rahman, Ahmed S ^c   Chaudhry, Rajeev ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Health Sciences Research   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Language; Mammography; Papanicolaou smear; Preventive health services; Primary health care; Somalia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SOMALIA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872003772     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9632-4     Document Type: Article

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