Asian Americans

Kim, Henry H.

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Henry H. Kim³

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Department of Sociology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, USA
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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Martha Sajatovic

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Kim, H.H. (2012). Asian Americans. In: Loue, S., Sajatovic, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5659-0_52

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Published: 21 March 2015
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