Does place of education matter? Contextualizing the education and health status association among asian americans

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-51

  Walton, Emily ^a   Takeuchi, David T ^a   Herting, Jerald R ^a   Alegría, Margarita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73149083734     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485560903054648     Document Type: Article

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