Factors influencing the general well-being of low-income Korean immigrant elders

Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-279

  Lee, Kyoung Hag ^a   Yoon, Dong Pil ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

General well being; Korean immigrant elders; Social support; Spirituality; Stressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961088136     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/56.3.269     Document Type: Article

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