Personal constitution and health status among Chinese elderly in Taipei and Los Angeles

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 821-830

  Lew Ting, Chih yin ^a   Hurwicz, Margo Lea ^b   Berkanovic, Emil ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese elderly; Health status; Personal constitution

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH INDICATORS; HEALTH STATUS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; OVERSEAS CHINESE; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY CONSTITUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN, TAIPEI; USA, CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES;

EID: 0031819135     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00140-3     Document Type: Article

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