Families across borders: The emotional impacts of migration on origin families

International Migration

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 194-220

  Silver, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84900511254     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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