Health practices among Russian and Ukrainian immigrants

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-137

  Duncan, Laura ^a   Simmons, Mary ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; USSR;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPHASIC SCREENING; RUSSIA; SOCIAL VALUES; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030037152     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn1302_6     Document Type: Review

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