An investigation of health behavior change in Vietnamese-born individuals living in Sydney, Australia

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-390

  Brock, Kaye ^a   Lockwood, Elizabeth ^a   Cant, Rosemary ^a   Bermingham, Margaret ^a   Tran Dinh, Hoang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Dietary Practices; Smoking; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIET NAM;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 0035464508     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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