Maternal and infant health of Mexican immigrants in the USA: The effects of acculturation, duration, and selective return migration

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-396

  Ceballos, Miguel ^a   Palloni, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; birth outcomes; Hispanics; Latinos; maternal and infant health; Mexican immigrants; return migration; selection

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; BIRTH RATE; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; CHICAGO; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; WISCONSIN;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955935841     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2010.481329     Document Type: Article

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