Attitudes toward use of nursing homes and home care in older Japanese- Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 769-777

  McCormick, Wayne C ^a   Uomoto, Jay ^b   Young, Heather ^c   Graves, Amy B ^c   Vitaliano, Peter ^d   Mortimer, James A ^e   Edland, Steven D ^c   Larson, Eric B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Rehabilitation Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0029952007     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb03732.x     Document Type: Article

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