A long way from home: Comparing mental health measures between foreign and U.S.-born Latinos in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1719-1732

  Casillas, Alejandra ^a   Leng, Mei ^e   Liu, Kiang ^b   Hernandez, Alexandra ^c   Shrager, Sandi ^d   Kanaya, Alka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Immigrant health; Immigrant paradox; Latino health; Mental health; MESA study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871265611     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0168     Document Type: Article

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