The unusually poor physical health status of Cambodian refugees two decades after resettlement

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 876-882

  Wong, Eunice C ^a   Marshall, Grant N ^a   Schell, Terry L ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Babey, Susan H ^b   Hambarsoomians, Katrin ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Cambodian; Disability; Health; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CAMBODIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355150909     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9392-y     Document Type: Article

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