Social engagement among U.S. Chinese older adults-findings from the PINE study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages S82-S89

  Dong, Xinqi ^a   Li, Yu ^b   Simon, Melissa A ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Based; Chinese American; Population; Social participation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLINOIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84922394841     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu152     Document Type: Article

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