Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages e9-e15 , May 2011

Health disparities or data disparities: sampling issues in hepatitis B Virus infection among Asian American Pacific Islander studies

  • Haeok Lee, RN, DNS

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125-3393, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 303 315 4298; fax: +1 303 315 5666.
    • ,
  • Seong-Yi Baik, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA

Received 19 September 2009 ,Revised 12 December 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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