Health information and the demand for preventive care among the elderly in Taiwan

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 308-333

  Hsieh, Chee Ruey ^a   Lin, Shin Jong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY PEOPLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INFORMATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0031463557     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146217     Document Type: Article

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