Significance of family involvement for older mexican american women: Implications for practice

Journal of Family Social Work

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 55-68

  Hatchett, Bonnie F ^a   Garcia, Lydia ^b   Marin, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Communities in Schools/El Paso ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hispanic; Mexican American; Well being; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937344808     PISSN: 10522158     EISSN: 15404072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J039v06n02_05     Document Type: Article

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