Cross-national comparison of social support structures between Taiwan and the United States

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-118

  Son, Joonmo ^a   Lin, Nan ^a   George, Linda K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449154838     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650804900108     Document Type: Article

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