Acculturation and barriers to health care among Cambodian women

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-350

  Yi, Jenny K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LETTER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAMBODIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TEXAS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0141483191     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0587     Document Type: Article

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