Migration circumstances, psychological distress, and self-rated physical health for Latino immigrants in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1619-1627

  Torres, Jacqueline M ^a   Wallace, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CUBA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CUBA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUERTO RICO; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881525723     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301195     Document Type: Article

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