U.S. Migration, Translocality, and the Acceleration of the Nutrition Transition in Mexico

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1209-1218

  Riosmena, Fernando ^a   Frank, Reanne ^b   Akresh, Ilana Redstone ^c   Kroeger, Rhiannon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

international migration; Mexico; nutrition transition; obesity; translocality

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MARGINALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRITION; OBESITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84864563181     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.659629     Document Type: Article

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