Beliefs About Physical Activity-Focus Group Results of Chinese Community Elderly in Seattle and Taipei

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 236-244

  Lin, Yen Chun ^a   Huang, Lian Hua ^a   Young, Heather M ^a   Chen, Ya Mei ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; WASHINGTON;

EID: 34548844155     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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