Vulnerability of older latino and asian immigrants with limited english proficiency

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1246-1252

  Kim, Giyeon ^a   Worley, Courtney B ^a   Allen, Rebecca S ^a   Vinson, Latrice ^a   Crowther, Martha R ^a   Parmelee, Patricia ^a   Chiriboga, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; immigrants; Latino; limited English proficiency; linguistic disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SENESCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960422778     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03483.x     Document Type: Article

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