Validity of Temporal Measures as Proxies for Measuring Acculturation in Asian Indian Survey Respondents

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 889-897

  Bharmal, Nazleen ^a   Hays, Ron D ^a   McCarthy, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian Indian; Duration of residence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876911693     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9837-1     Document Type: Article

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