Migration Selection, Protection, and Acculturation in Health: A Binational Perspective on Older Adults

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1039-1064

  Riosmena, Fernando ^a   Wong, Rebeca ^b   Palloni, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Immigrant adaptation; International migration; Mexico; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877615073     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0178-9     Document Type: Article

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