Long-term care for aged ethnic minority people in Yunnan, China: Understanding the situation

Family Medicine and Community Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 64-68

  Zhang, Kaining ^a   Zakus, David ^b   Gao, Chuqun ^c  

^a Yunnan College of Business Management   (China)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; China; Dai elderly; Long term care; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983527621     PISSN: 23056983     EISSN: 20098774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15212/FMCH.2016.0119     Document Type: Article

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