Legal status, emotional well-being and subjective health status of Latino immigrants

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1126-1131

  Cavazos Rehg, Patricia A ^a,b   Zayas, Luis H ^a   Spitznagel, Edward L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Latinos; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348985396     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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