Simulating the Effects of Acculturation and Return Migration on the Maternal and Infant Health of Mexican Immigrants in the United States: A Research Note

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-436

  Ceballos, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Immigration; Maternal health; Return migration; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957642206     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0017-4     Document Type: Article

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