Levels and Correlates of Knowledge about Alzheimer's Disease among Older Chinese Americans

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-183

  Sun, Fei ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a   Shen, Hui ^b   Burnette, Denise ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Chinese Americans; Cultural beliefs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900422824     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-014-9229-6     Document Type: Article

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