Perceived ethnic and language-based discrimination and Latina immigrant women's health

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 68-78

  Halim, May Ling ^a   Moy, Keith H ^a   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; ethnicity; psychological distress; racism; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICO; MIGRANT; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW YORK; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEXICO; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW YORK CITY; PREJUDICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85007401447     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105315595121     Document Type: Article

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