Korean immigrant women's physical activity experience: A situation-specific theory

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-24

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Chang, Sun Ju ^b   Nguyen, Giang ^a   Stringer, Lynn ^a   Chee, Wonshik ^a   Chee, Eunice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Immigrant; Midlife women; Nursing theory; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927723222     PISSN: 15416577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1541-6577.29.1.10     Document Type: Article

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