Importance of native language in a population-based health survey among ethnic Chinese in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-324

  Wong, Kam Cheong ^a   Wang, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese; Diabetes; Health service utilisation; Health survey; Native language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NATIVE LANGUAGE; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 50449083517     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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