A comparison of traditional food and health strategies among Taiwanese and Chinese immigrants in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Sandy ^a   Quave, Cassandra L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercultural healthcare; Medicinal foods; Migration; Traditional Chinese medicine; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GARDENING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GARDENING; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TAIWAN; YIN-YANG;

EID: 84883128048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-61     Document Type: Article

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