Ethnic differences in elders' home remedy use: Sociostructural explanations

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-50

  Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^a   Lang, Wei ^a   Suerken, Cynthia K ^a   Smith, Shannon L ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Health maintenance; Home remedies; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544445299     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.30.1.4     Document Type: Article

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