Asian Americans and Alzheimer's disease: Assimilation, culture, and beliefs

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-25

  Jones, Randi S ^a   Chow, Tiffany W ^b   Gatz, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Chinese culture and aging; Japanese culture and aging; Korean culture and aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344468152     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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