Acculturation and self-rated health among Latino and Asian immigrants to the United States

Social Problems

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-363

  Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert ^a   Gorman, Bridget K ^a   Schachter, Ariela ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnicity; Health; Language; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864547546     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2012.59.3.341     Document Type: Article

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