Why parents cross for children's health care: Transnational cultural capital in the United States-Mexico border region

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-274

  Grineski, Sara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

children's asthma; Ciudad Ju rez, Chihuahua; Cultural capital; El Paso, Texas; transnational; US Mexico border

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960957649     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2011.7     Document Type: Review

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