Discussions on oral health care among elderly Chinese immigrants in Melbourne and Vancouver

Gerodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  MacEntee, Michael I ^a   Mariño, Rodrigo ^b   Wong, Sabrina ^a   Kiyak, Asuman ^c   Minichiello, Victor ^d   Chi, Iris ^e   Lo, Edward Cm ^f   Huancai, Lin ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

acculturation; Australia; Canada; dentistry; gerontology; health beliefs; immigration; traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EATING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIGRATION; MOUTH DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHINA; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL HEALTH; SOCIAL VALUES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84861629591     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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