The Role of Acculturation in Health Status and Utilization of Health Services among the Iranian Elderly in Metropolitan Sydney

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-405

  Alizadeh Khoei, Mahtab ^a,b   Mathews, R Mark ^a   Hossain, S Zakia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Elderly; Health service utilization; Health status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 81255137155     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-011-9152-z     Document Type: Article

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