Interview language: A proxy measure for acculturation among asian americans in a population-based survey

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-252

  Lee, Sunghee ^a   Nguyen, Hoang Anh ^b   Tsui, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian American; Nativity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960138922     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-009-9278-z     Document Type: Review

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