Conceptualizations of health among mexican and mexican american women employed in migrant farm work

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-55

  Clingerman, Evelyn M ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health conceptualizations; Health disparities; Migrant farm worker; Nursing; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33750367339     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/hhci.4.1.45     Document Type: Article

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