Suicide risk factors among Mexican migrant farmworker women in the midwest United States

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-121

  Hovey, Joseph D ^a   Magaña, Cristina G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Depression; Mexican immigrants; Migrant farmworkers; Stressors; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038366997     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110301579     Document Type: Article

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