Health attitudes and behaviors: Comparison of Japanese and Americans of Japanese and European Ancestry

Health and Place

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-161

  Gotay, Carolyn Cook ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^b   Muraoka, Miles ^a   Ishihara, Yoko ^c   Tsuboi, Koji ^d   Ogawa, Hiroshi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Aichi Mizuho College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Cross cultural comparison; Health attitudes; Health behaviors; Japan ethnology; US ethnology

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542723073     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(03)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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