Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 627-633 , November 2006

Health Care Access of Hispanic Young Adults in the United States

This work was presented in part at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, San Francisco, California, May 4, 2004.

  • S. Todd Callahan, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. S. Todd Callahan, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 436 Medical Center South, Nashville, TN 37212-3100.
    • ,
  • Gerald B. Hickson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • William O. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Received 4 January 2006 ,Accepted 20 April 2006.

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00145-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.04.012

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 627-633 , November 2006

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