Health-promoting behaviors of elderly Korean immigrants in the United States

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 294-300

  Sohng, Kyeong Yae ^a,c   Sohng, Sue ^a   Yeom, Hye A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Seoul Metropolitan Government Seobuk Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aged; Emigration and immigration; Health behavior; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036634824     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19409.x     Document Type: Article

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