Healthcare consumption by ethnic minority people in their country of origin

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 384-390

  Şekercan, Aydln ^a   Lamkaddem, Majda ^a   Snijder, Marieke B ^a   Peters, Ron J G ^a   Essink Bot, Marie Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939527225     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku205     Document Type: Article

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