A profile of US-Mexico border mobility among a stratified random sample of Hispanics living in the El Paso-Juarez Area

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-271

  Lapeyrouse, L M ^a   Morera, O ^a   Heyman, J M C ^a   Amaya, M A ^a   Pingitore, N E ^a   Balcazar, H ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Border health; Health care utilization; Health disparities; Hispanic; Trans border mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84860835716     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9453-x     Document Type: Review

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