Material Need Insecurity and Its Concurrent Barriers to Diabetes Management Among Low-Income Latino Adults Receiving Medical Care.

Diabetes Care

Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC), School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA

Published: March 2019

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