The Role of Race and English Proficiency on the Health of Older Immigrants

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 599-617

  Nguyen, Duy ^a   Reardon, Leigh J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; health disparities; health related quality of life; minority health; racial ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84880606276     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2013.772554     Document Type: Article

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