The health of older immigrants

Generations

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 46-52

  Markides, Kyriakos ^a   Salinas, Jennifer ^c   Sheffield, Kristin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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