Beyond acculturation: Immigration, discrimination, and health research among Mexicans in the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1524-1535

  Viruell Fuentes, Edna A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Discrimination; Immigration; Latinos; Othering; USA; Women

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEXICO; RACISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MICHIGAN; NARRATION; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; WOMEN;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548165314     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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