Bangladeshi immigration to the United Kingdom: Older people's support networks in the sending and receiving countries

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 18-30

  Burholt, Vanessa ^a   Wenger, Clare ^a   Scott, Anne ^a   Yahya, Bashar ^a   Roy, Sibani ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Comparative research; Ethnic minority group; Immigration; Older people; Support networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010667663     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200000011     Document Type: Article

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