Health, psycho-social and cultural determinants of medication use by Chinese-Canadian older persons

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-73

  Tjam, Erin Yuet ^a   Hirdes, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural factors; Ethnicity; Medication use; Minimum data set Home care; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036310445     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800000647     Document Type: Article

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