Risk as social context: Immigration policy and autism in California

Sociological Forum

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-240

  Fountain, Christine ^a   Bearman, Peter ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Hispanic Latino; Immigration policy; Race ethnicity social epidemiology; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955496691     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2011.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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