Diaspora and health? Traditional medicine and culture in a mexican migrant community

International Migration

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 95-117

  Waldstein, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; DIASPORA; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOMENS STATUS;

ATHENS [GEORGIA]; GEORGIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949101770     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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