Ethnic groups as migrant groups: Improving understanding of links between ethnicity/race and risk of type 2 diabetes and associated conditions

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2011, Pages 145-158

  Pollard, Tessa M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Developmental origins; Health behaviors; Intergenerational; Migration; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; DIABETES; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; RACE;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 80053427234     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-081309-145719     Document Type: Article

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