Oral health service needs and barriers for Chinese migrants in the Wellington area

New Zealand Dental Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 78-83

  Zhang, W ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; DENTAL CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CHINA; DENTAL CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58149202675     PISSN: 00288047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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