Grabbing the Rice Straw: Health Information Seeking in Chinese Immigrants in the United States

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-353

  Chen, Chih Ju ^a   Kendall, Judith ^b   Shyu, Yea Ing Lotus ^c  

^a National Taichung Nursing College   (Taiwan)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese immigrants in the United States; cultural care; health information seeking; qualitative approaches

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77957343208     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773810372542     Document Type: Article

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