Asian immigrants' mental health service use: An application of the life course perspective

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-63

  Nguyen, Duy ^a   Lee, Rufina ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; cultural diversity; ethnic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874083451     PISSN: 19481985     EISSN: 19481993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026865     Document Type: Article

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