Effect of service barriers on health status of aging south Asian immigrants in Calgary, Canada

Health and Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-50

  Lai, Daniel W L ^a   Surood, Shireen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

barriers; elderly; health; South Asians; well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; STATISTICS;

AGED; ALBERTA; ASIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE;

EID: 84874732478     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hls065     Document Type: Article

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