Discrimination, psychosocial stress, and health among Latin American immigrants in Oregon

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-423

  McClure, Heather H ^a,b   Snodgrass, J Josh ^b   Martinez Jr , Charles R ^a   Eddy, J Mark ^a   Jiménez, Roberto A ^c   Isiordia, Laura E ^c  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Farmworker Housing Development Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952050833     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21002     Document Type: Article

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