Stress, allostatic load, and health of Mexican immigrants

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1089-1111

  Kaestner, Robert ^a,c   Pearson, Jay A ^b   Keene, Danya ^b   Geronimus, Arline T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 70350139961     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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