Older Asian Americans' Primary Care Use: Examining the Effect of Perceived Mental Health Need

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-103

  Nguyen, Duy D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health services; mental health; older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856083565     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2011.597312     Document Type: Article

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