Cultural correlates of self perceived health status among Chinese elderly

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-89

  Yu, Lucy C ^a   Zhang, Amy Y ^b   Draper, Patricia ^a   Kassab, Cathy ^a   Miles, Toni ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Family relations; Gerontology; Health status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002785385     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006545521022     Document Type: Article

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