Social connections, immigration-related factors, and self-rated physical and mental health among Asian Americans

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2104-2112

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Ta, Van M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Self rated health; Self rated mental health; Self rated physical health; Social connections; USA

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RELATIVE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649277596     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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