Acculturation and disability rates among Filipino-Americans

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 462-471

  De Souza, Leanne R ^a   Fuller Thomson, Esme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Assimilation; Disability; Filipino; Functional limitations; Immigration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCULTURATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHILIPPINES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84883134657     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9708-1     Document Type: Article

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