Knowledge of cardiovascular health among Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese immigrants to the US

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-139

  Ton, Thanh G N ^a,d   Steinman, Lesley ^a   Yip, Mei Po ^a   Ly, Kiet A ^a   Sin, Mo Kyung ^b   Fitzpatrick, Annette L ^a   Tu, Shin Ping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Cardiovascular disease; Immigrant; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 79551485937     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9340-x     Document Type: Article

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