Stress, Place, and Allostatic Load Among Mexican Immigrant Farmworkers in Oregon

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1518-1525

  McClure, Heather H ^a   Josh Snodgrass, J ^a   Martinez, Charles R ^a   Squires, Erica C ^a   Jiménez, Roberto A ^b   Isiordia, Laura E ^b   Eddy, J Mark ^c   McDade, Thomas W ^d   Small, Jeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Department of Anthropology University of Oregon ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Ethnic enclave; Farm worker; Health; Mexican immigrants; Place; Stress

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLOSTASIS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; OREGON; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FARMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941413050     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0066-z     Document Type: Article

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