Self-rated health and trust in low-income Mexican-origin individuals in Texas

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1959-1969

  Franzini, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Linguistic fragmentation; Low income; Mexican Americans; Neighborhood; Race ethnicity; Self rated health; Trust; USA

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MINORITY GROUP; MODELING; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349123770     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.030     Document Type: Article

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