Perceived threat of alzheimer's disease among Chinese American older adults: The role of alzheimer's disease literacy

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 245-255

  Sun, Fei ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a   Coon, David W ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's literacy; Chinese American elders; Knowledge of Alzheimer's disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARIZONA; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84924351101     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt095     Document Type: Article

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