The challenge of acculturation measures: What are we missing? A commentary on Thomson & Hoffman-Goetz

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 996-998

  Alegria, Margarita ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Immigrants; Measures

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; STRESS;

EID: 69949171679     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.006     Document Type: Note

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