Theories on immigrant women's health

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 666-681

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Yang, Kyeongra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; KOREA; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MODEL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 33747177088     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600817535     Document Type: Article

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