A Bi-national comparative study of health behaviors of Koreans in South Korea and Korean Americans in California

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1073-1081

  Ryu, So Yeon ^a   Crespi, Catherine M ^b   Maxwell, Annette E ^b  

^a Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Alcohol intake; Body mass index; California Health Interview Survey; Self reported health; Smoking; South Korea Community Health Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888878261     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9706-3     Document Type: Article

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