Is acculturation always adverse to Korean immigrant health in the United States?

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 510-516

  Ra, Chaelin Karen ^a   Cho, Youngtae ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Education; Immigrant health; Korean immigrants; Segmented assimilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; MIGRANT;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883134196     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9723-2     Document Type: Article

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