Self-reported health status of Vietnamese and non-hispanic white older adults in California

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1543-1548

  Sorkin, Dara ^a   Tan, Angela L ^a   Hays, Ron D ^b   Mangione, Carol M ^b   Ngo Metzger, Quyen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic diseases; Health; Mental health; Older adults; SF 12; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 12; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAMESE AMERICAN;

ACCULTURATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 51249095388     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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