Health and social needs of older Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: Issues and implications

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 174-179

  Visala Rao, D ^a   Warburton, Jeni ^a   Bartlett, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cultural; Diversity; Health; Language; Older people; Social

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548445895     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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