able, culturally and linguistically competent services could be beneficial to improve quality of health care among Latinos," the study authors concluded.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about Hispanics and health disparities.
-- Robert Preidt
SOURCE: Journal of General Internal Medicine, news release, Oct. 28, 2009
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