A longitudinal analysis of cross-border ties and depression for Latino adults

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue , 2016, Pages 111-119

  Torres, Jacqueline M ^a,d   Lee, Anne ^a   González, Hector M ^b   Garcia, Lorena ^c   Haan, Mary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border ties; Depressive symptoms; Latinos; Social ties; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONALISM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; AGED; CALIFORNIA; DEVICES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; VERY ELDERLY;

LATIN AMERICA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84970024513     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.04.018     Document Type: Article

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