The Mexican Health Paradox: Expanding the Explanatory Power of the Acculturation Construct

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-34

  Horevitz, Elizabeth ^a   Organista, Kurt C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; health; Latino Mexican health paradox; mental health; segmented assimilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875323825     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986312460370     Document Type: Review

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