The South Texas health status review: A health disparities roadmap

The South Texas Health Status Review: A Health Disparities Roadmap

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-138

  Ramirez, Amelie G ^a   Thompson, Ian M ^a   Vela, Leonel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00233-0     Document Type: Book

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