Children of Immigrants: Is Americanization Hazardous to Infant Health?

Children of Color: Research, Health, and Policy Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 159-183

  Rumbaut, Rubén G ^a   Weeks, John R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85135309832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315861302-8     Document Type: Chapter

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