English language proficiency and lifetime mental health service utilization in a national representative sample of Asian Americans in the USA

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 431-439

  Kang, Suk Young ^a   Howard, Diane ^b   Kim, Jeungkun ^c   Payne, Jennifer Shepard ^d   Wilton, Leo ^e   Kim, Wooksoo ^f   Maramba, Dina ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; health services; mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTILINGUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956046958     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq010     Document Type: Article

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