International Health
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 143-149 , June 2010

A geographic analysis of access to health services in rural Guatemala

  • Karen K. Owen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geography and Geoinformation Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth J. Obregón

      Affiliations

    • Department of Global & Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
    • ,
  • Kathryn H. Jacobsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Global & Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +11 703 993 9168; fax: +11 703 993 1908.

Received 14 October 2009 ,Revised 20 December 2009 ,Accepted 15 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2010.03.002

International Health
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 143-149 , June 2010

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