Health status of mexican-origin persons: Do proxy measures of acculturation advance our understanding of health disparities?

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 475-488

  Carter Pokras, Olivia ^a,b   Zambrana, Ruth E ^c   Yankelvich, Gillermina ^d   Estrada, Maria ^e   Castillo Salgado, Carlos ^f   Ortega, Alexander N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b College Park ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emigration and immigration; Hispanic Americans; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MEXICO; MEXICO U.S. BORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949098483     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9146-2     Document Type: Article

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