Self-assessments of health by Korean immigrant women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-338

  Yang, Kyeongra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; KOREA; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; KOREA; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33947384544     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330601179836     Document Type: Article

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