Diversity among Southeast Asian Ethnic Groups: A study of mental health disorders among Cambodians, Laotians, Miens, and Vietnamese

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 83-100

  Kim, Wooksoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambodians; Ethnicity; Laotians; Mental health; Mental health disparities; Miens; Southeast Asians; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249308506     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v15n03_04     Document Type: Article

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