Changing cultural and social environments: Implications for older East Asian women

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-20

  Mjelde Mossey, Lee Ann ^a,b   Walz, Emily ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aged; Culture; East Asian; Role loss; Tradition; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASIA; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746206549     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v18n01_02     Document Type: Review

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