Insurance, Acculturation, and Health Service Utilization Among Korean-Americans
β Scribed by Shin, Hosung ;Song, Howin ;Kim, Jinsook ;Probst, Janice C.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1096-4045
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