A Comparative Analysis of Chronic Disease Prevalence among Older Koreans and Non-Hispanic Whites

Family and Community Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Villa, Valentine M ^b   Wallace, Steven P ^b   Moon, Ailee ^b   Lubben, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Koreans; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006902152     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199707000-00003     Document Type: Article

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