Staying Healthy in Immigrant Pakistani Families Living in the United States

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-159

  Jan, Rafat ^a   Smith, Carol A ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health wellness; Interpretive phenomenology; Pakistan immigrants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031615522     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1998.tb01272.x     Document Type: Article

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