Death at the border

International Migration Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 430-454

  Eschbach, Karl ^b   Hagan, Jacqueline ^b   Rodriguez, Nestor ^b   Hernández León, Rubén ^b   Bailey, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032772508     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547703     Document Type: Article

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