Japanese Americans
1. Cohen, J.B., Reed, D. "The Type A Behavior Pattern and Coronary Heart Disease Among Japanese Men in Hawaii." Journal of Behavioral Medicine 8:4 (Dec. 1985): 343-52.
2. Davis, J.W., et. al. "Age-Related Changes in Bone Mass among Japanese-American Men." Bone and Mineral 15:3 (Dec. 1991): 227-36.
3. Fujimoto, W. Y. , et al. "Visceral Fat Obesity and Morbidity: NIDDM and Atherogenic Risk in Japanese American Men and Women." International Journal of Obesity 15.2 (Sept. 1991): 41-44.
4. Fukui, T. "Health Diary Study of Japanese Residents in Greater Boston: Variables Related to High Incidence of Health Problems." Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 11:4 (Dec. 1987): 509-20.
5. Griffiths, C.E. "Topical Tretinoin (Retinoic Acid) Treatment of Hyperpigmented Lesions Associated with Photoaging in Chinese And Japanese Patients: A Vehicle-Controlled Trial." Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 30:1 (Jan. 1994): 76-84.
6. Heilburn L.K., et. al. "The Origins of Epidemiologic Studies of Heart Disease, Caner and Osteoperosis among Hawaii Japanese." Hawaii Medical Journal 44:8 (Aug. 1985): 294-6.
7. Kagawa-Singer, M. "Ethnic Perspectives of Cancer Nursing: Hispanics and Japanese-Americans." Oncology Nursing Forum14 (May-June 1987): 59-65.
8. Leonetti, D.L., et. al. "Educational attainment and the Risk of Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes of Coronary Heart Disease in Japanese-American Men." Ethnicity and Disease 2:4(Fall 1992): 326-36.
9. Marcus, E. B. "Correlates of FEV1 and Prevalence of Pulmonary Conditions in Japanese-American Men." American Review of Respiratory Diseases 138.6 (Dec. 1988): 1398-1404.
10. Marcus, E. B.. "Reference Values for FEV1 in Japanese-American Men form 45 to 68 years of Age." American Review of Respiratory Diseases 138.6 (Dec. 1988): 1393-97.
11. Massey, D.G., Fournier-Massey, G. "Japanese-American Pulmonary reference Values: Influence of Environment on Anthropology and Physiology." Environmental Research 39:2 (Apr. 1986): 418-33.
12. Murphy, E.L., et. al. "Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I Seroprevalence Among Japanese Americans. Western Journal of Medicine 158:5 (May 1993): 480-3.
13. Nojima, Y. "Perceptions of Time among Japanese Inpatients." Western Journal of Nursing Research 9.3 (Aug. 1987): 288-99.
14. Nomura, A., Stemmermann, G.N., Heilbrun, L.K. "Gastric Cancer Among Japanese in Hawaii: A Review." Hawaii Medical Journal 44:8 (Aug. 1985): 301-3.
15. Reed, D., Benfante, R. "Predictors of Health in Men of Japanese Ancestry in Hawaii." Hawaii Medical Journal 44:8 (Aug. 1985): 307-8.
16. Reed, D., et al. "Epidemiological Studies of Hypertension among Elderly Japanese and Japanese Americans." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 1.2 (1987): 49-56.
17. Shiraishi, T., Atsumi, S., Yatani, R. "Comparative Study of Prostatic Carcinoma Bone Metastasis among Japanese in Japan and Japanese Americans and whites in Hawaii." Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 324 (1992): 7-16.
18. Singer, Marjorie Louise Kagawa. Bamboo and Oak: Differences in Adaptation to Cancer between Japanese-American and Anglo-American Patients. Diss. Diss. : University of California, Los Angeles, 1988.
19. Stemmerman, G.N., Nomura, A., Heibrun, L.K. "Colorectal Cancer in Hawaii Japanese." Hawaii Medical Journal 44:8 (Aug. 1985): 304-6.
20. Tsunehara, C. H., et al. "Diet of Second-Generation Japanese-American Men with and without Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 52.4 (Oct. 1990): 73-78.
21. Wasnich, R.D., Vogel, J.M. "Osteoporosis Among Hawaii Japanese: A Review of the Major Findings of the Kuakini Osteoporosis Study." Hawaii Medical Journal 44:8 (Aug. 1985): 309-10, 12.
22. Yano, K., et. al. "Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension and Stroke Among Japanese-American Men in Hawaii: The Honolulu Heart Program." Hawaii Medical Journal 44:8 (Aug. 1985): 297-300, 312.
23. Yano, K., et. al. "A Comparison of the 12-year Mortality and Predictive Factors of Coronary Heart Disease Among Japanese Men in Japan and Hawaii." American Journal of Epidemiology 127:3 (Mar. 1988): 476-87.
Asian American
1. AcAvoy, B. R. and L. J. Donaldson, eds. Health Care for Asians.. Oxford, Great Britian: Oxford University Press, 1990. Information about health care in the United Kingdom.
2. Ahmad, W. I., M. R. Baker, and E. E. Kernohan. "General Practitioners' Perceptions of Asian and Non-Asian Patients." Family Practice 8.1 (Mar. 1991): 52-56.
3. American Cancer Society. Cancer Cases and Deaths in California. Los Angeles, California: American Cancer Society, 1992. According to California Department of Health statistics, Chinese American men are prone to lung cancer, Japanese Americans to colon cancer, Korean Americans to stomach cancer, Vietnamese Americans to lung cancer, and Asian Indians to prostate cancer.
4. American Diabetes Association. "Diabetes Prevalence among Native and Asian Americans." Backgrounder (1 Jan. 1990).
5. Angel, A., M. A. Armstrong, and A. L. Klatsky. "Blood Pressure among Asian-Americans Living in Northern California." American Journal of Cardiology 64 (1989): 237-240.
6. Asian American Health Forum. Dispelling the Myth of a Healthy Minority: Policy Papers. San Francisco, California: Asian American Health Forum, 1991. With contributions by Malaya Forman, Michael Chunshi Lu, Mingyew Leung, and Ninez Ponce.
7. Asian and Pacific Islander Task Force for the Unity in Health, Diversity in Culture Conference. Asian & Pacific Islander Task Force Report on the Year 2000 Health Promotion Objectives and Recommendations for California. Sacramento, California: California Department of Health Promotion Section, May 1992.
8. Birth Control Methods, Contraceptive Decision-Making, Herpes, Male Hygiene, Natural Family Planning, Sex and Hygiene, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sterilization, Termination of Pregnancy, Women's Cancer Prevention, and You and Your Body-For Teens. Asian Health Project. Los Angeles. THE Clinic, n.d. Brochures available in Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian languages.
9. Multilingual Handbook. Asian Health Project. Los Angeles.
THE Clinic, n.d. Brochure to assist health-care providers in communicating with Asian Pacific patients who do not speak English. Handbook contains the following languages: Laotain, Cambodian, Thai, Japanese, and Vietnamese.
10. Asian American Health Forum Inc. Asian and Pacific Islander American California Proportionate Morality Ratios. San Francisco, California: Asian American Health Forum, 1991.
11. Asian Pacific Islander Health Coalition. California Asian Health Issues in the 1990s. Report to the California Commission for Economic Development. Oakland, California: Asian Pacific Islander Health Coalition, n.d.
12. Asian Pacific Planning Council. A Guide to Translated Materials in Asian/Pacific Languages. Los Angeles: APPCON Health Education Subcommittee, 1989.
13. Brown, E. Richard, R. Burciaga Valdez, Hal Morgenstern, et al. Health Insurance Coverage of Californians in 1989. Berkeley, California: California Policy Seminar, July 1991. Includes statistics on Asian American and health insurance coverage.
14. Cheng, L. R. "Asian-American Cultural Perspectives on Birth Defects: Focus on Cleft Palate." Cleft Palate Journal 27.3 (July 1990): 294-300.
15. Chin, Steven A. "Asian Health: a Special Prescription." San Francisco Examiner 7 July 1991. Two-part series examining alarming tuberculosis and cancer rates among Asian Americans and barriers to health access.
16. Dunn, S. Kanu. "Health Seeking Behaviors and Barriers to Care among Transcultural Families." Migration World 15.5 (1987): 25-29.
Information about Asian Americans.
17. Ecob, R., and R. Williams. "Sampling Asian Minorities to Assess Health and Welfare." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 45.2 (July 1991): 93-101.
18. Hawks, Betty Lee. "Smoking and Smoking-Related Cancers among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans." Minorities & Cancer. ed. Lovell A. Jones. : Springer & Verlog, 1989.
19. Hodgson, K. "A Responsive Service: Health Education for Asians with Diabetes." Professional Nurse 5.3 (Dec. 1989): 129-30+.
20. Jim, R.T. "Red Blood Count, Hemoglobin and Red Cell Indices in Healthy Adult Asian Orientals in Hawaii." Hawaii Medical Journal 46:5 (May 1987): 158, 160, 163-6.
21. Kagawa-Singer, M. "Ethnic Perspectives of Cancer Nursing: Hispanics and Japanese-Americans." Oncology Nursing Forum14 (May-June 1987): 59-65.
22. Kame, R.T., Jue, T.S., Shigekuni, D.M. "A Longitudinal Study of Corneal Astigmatism Changes in Asian Eyes." Journal of the American Optometric Association 64:3 (Mar 1993): 215-9.
23. Kim, Vivian C. List of Publications on American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian/Pacific Americans, Blacks, and Hispanics Resulting from ADAMHA-supported Research on Minorities, 1972-1981. Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 1984.
24. Klatsky, A. L., and M. A. Armstrong. "Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Asian Americans." American Journal of Public Health 81.11 (Nov. 1991): 1423-1428.
25. Lai, A. M. "An Asian Patient: How Does Culture Affect Care? A Chinese-American Nurse Responds: 'Care-front' the Patient." Journal of Christian Nursing (June 1991): 8-9.
26. Lin-Fu, J.S. "Population Characteristics and Health Care Needs of Asian Pacific Americans." Public Health Reports 103:1 (Jan.-Feb. 1988): 18-27.
27. Leslie, Charles, and Allan Young, eds. Paths to Asian Medical Knowledge. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1991.
28. Lin-fu, J.S. "Population Characteristics and Health Care Needs of Asian Pacific Americans." Public Health Report 103 (January-February 1988): 18-27.
29. McGlynn, K., et. al. "Prevention of Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Asian Populations in the Delaware Valley." Progress in Clinical and Biological Research 216 (1986): 237-46.
30. Martinez-Maldonado, M. "Hypertension in Hispanics, Asians and Pacific-Islanders, and Native Americans." Circulation 84.4 (Apr. 1991): 1467-1469.
31. Muraskin, W. "Individual Rights vs. the Public Health: The Problem of the Asian Hepatitis B Carriers in America." Social Science and Medicine 36:3 (Feb. 1993): 203-16.
32. Nishi, S.M., Wang, C.P. "The Status of Asian Americans in the Health Care Delivery System in New York." New York State Journal of Medicine 85:4 (Apr. 1985): 153-6.
33. Pinnelas, D., et. al. "Total Serum Cholesterol Levels in Asians Living in New York City: Results of a Self-referred Cholesterol Screening." New York State Journal of Medicine 96:2 (June 1992): 245-9.
34. Quock, Collin P., ed. Asian American Health Forum: National Agenda for Asian and Pacific Islander Health. Proceedings from the Second Biennial Asian American Health Forum, Inc. . San Francisco, California.
35. Reed, D., et al. "Epidemiological Studies of Hypertension among Elderly Japanese and Japanese Americans." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 1.2 (1987): 49-56.
36. Ross, Robert N. Patient Education Resource Center: Health Education in Many Languages. San Francisco, California: San Francisco General Hospital, May 1991. Lists health education pamphlets available in different languages, including Asian languages, in San Francisco Bay area.
37. Seipel, M. M. O. "Health Care Strategies for Asian American Patients." Journal of Health & Social Policy 1.1 (1989): 105-114.
38. Singer, Marjorie Louise Kagawa. Bamboo and Oak: Differences in Adaptation to Cancer Between Japanese-American and Anglo-American Patients. Diss. Diss. : University of California, Los Angeles, 1988.
39. Stavig G.R.; Igra A.; Leonard, A.R. "Hypertension and Related Health Issues Among Asian and Pacific Islanders in California." Public Health Reports 103:1 (Jan.-Feb. 1988): 28-37.
40. Tien, Juliet L. "Do Asians Need Less Medication?" Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services 22, no. 12 (December 1984): 19-22.
41. Tong, M.J., Co, R.L. "Hepatitis B Virus in Asian Families" [Letter] Annals of Internal Medicine 103:2 (Aug. 1985): 307-8.
42. "Tuberculosis Among Asians/Pacific Islanders - United States, 1985." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 36:21 (5 June 1987): 331-4.
43. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Health United States 1990. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1991. Includes statistics on health needs of Asian Pacific Americans.
44. Vander Martin, Rachel, Steven R. Cummings, and Thomas J. Coates. "Ethnicity and Smoking: Differences in White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian Medical Patients Who Smoke." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 6.4 (July 1990): 194-199.
45. Wong, J. K. "Marketing Health Care Services to Asian Ethnic Groups: Suggestions for Community Hospitals." Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 12.3 (Aug. 1989): 76-83.
46. Yatsu, F. M. "Strokes in Asians and Pacific-Islanders, Hispanics, and Native Americans." Circulation 34.4 (Apr. 1991): 1471-1472.
47. Yep, J. "An Asian Patient: How Does Culture Affect Care? A Family Member Responds: Please Understand Us." Journal of Christian Nursing 8.3 (June 1991): 6-8.
48. Yu, Elena S. H. "Editorial: The Health Risks of Asian Americans." American Journal of Public Health 81.11 (Nov. 1991): 1391-1392.
49. Yu, P. N. "Heart Disease in Asians and Pacific-Islanders, Hispanics, and Native Americans." Circulation 84.4 (Apr. 1991): 1475-1477.