The Emergency Department as a Potential Intervention Recruitment Venue Among Vulnerable Rural Residents

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-81

  Tarasenko, Yelena N ^a   Schoenberg, Nancy E ^a   Bennett, Keisa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; community health; emergency department; prevention; rural population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990380679     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131910391534     Document Type: Article

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