The Relationship Between Self-Rated Health and Acculturation in Hispanic and Asian Adult Immigrants: A Systematic Review

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 468-478

  Lommel, Lisa L ^a   Chen, Jyu Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian; Health disparities; Hispanic; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928141092     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0208-y     Document Type: Review

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