Koreans' use of medical services in Seoul, Korea and California

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-280

  Hill, Linda ^a,c   Hofstetter, C Richard ^a   Hovell, Melbourne ^a   Lee, Jooeun ^b   Irvin, Veronica ^a   Zakarian, Joy ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Health insurance; Immigrants; Koreans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRATION; KOREA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745420364     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9332-4     Document Type: Article

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