Addressing Asian American mental health disparities: Putting community-based research principles to work

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-12

  Okazaki, Sumie ^a,c   Kassem, Ahmed M ^b   Tu, Ming Che ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; community; disparities; mental health; participatory research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898862263     PISSN: 19481985     EISSN: 19481993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032675     Document Type: Article

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