Demographic profiles of Asian immigrant elderly residing in metropolitan ethnic enclave communities

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 193-214

  Mui, Ada C ^a   Nguyen, Duy D ^a   Kang, Dooyeon ^a   Dietz Domanski, Margaret ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Domanski and Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian elderly demographics; Asian immigrant elders; Asian within group differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947429171     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v15n01_09     Document Type: Article

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