Susto and soul loss in Mexicans and Mexican Americans

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 270-288

  Glazer, Mark ^a   Baer, Roberta D ^b   Weller, Susan G ^c,e   Garcia De Alba, Javier Eduardo ^d   Liebowitz, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

And Mexican Americans; Latin America; Mexico; Susto

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242669480     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397104264277     Document Type: Review

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