Should "acculturation" be a variable in health research? A critical review of research on US Hispanics

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 973-986

  Hunt, Linda M ^a   Schneider, Suzanne ^a   Comer, Brendon ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnic groups; Health inequalities; Hispanic Americans; Mexican Americans; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH STATUS; LATINO PEOPLE;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942555054     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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