An examination of nervios among Mexican seasonal farm workers

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-201

  England, Margaret ^a,d   Mysyk, Avis ^b   Gallegos, Juan Arturo Avila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Escuela Superior de Psicología   (Mexico)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediating variables; Mexican farm workers; Nervios

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICO; ONTARIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 34548126808     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2007.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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