Health practices of Korean elderly people: National health promotion priorities and minority community needs

Family and Community Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 29-42

  Wallace, Steven P ^a   Villa, Valentine ^b   Moon, Ailee ^b   Lubben, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Exercise; Health promotion; Koreans; Prevention; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039283664     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199607000-00007     Document Type: Article

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