Asian health in New Zealand - Progress and challenges

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1244, 2006, Pages

  Rasanathan, Kumanan ^a   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^a   Tse, Samson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MONITORING; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRATION; STATISTICS;

ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33750461973     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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