Ethnic Variations in the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Psychological Distress Among Latino Adults

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 212-224

  Xu, Yanmei ^a  

^a SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latinos; Psychological distress; Race and ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873412442     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-011-9048-0     Document Type: Article

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