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Sources of Health Information in a Multiethnic, Underserved, Urban Community: Does Ethnicity Matter?

Mugur V. Geana William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Kim S. Kimminau Department of Family Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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K. Allen Greiner Department of Family Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Pages 583-594 | Published online: 09 Mar 2011

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