Does Americanization Have Adverse Effects on Health?: Stress, Health Habits, and Infant Health Outcomes among Puerto Ricans
Social ForcesPublished 1 December 1999
Nancy S. Landale, R. S. Oropesa, Daniel Llánes, Bridget K. Gorman
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Nancy S. Landale, R. S. Oropesa, Daniel Llanes, Bridget K. Gorman, Does Americanization have Adverse Effects on Health?: Stress, Health Habits, and Infant Health Outcomes among Puerto Ricans, Social Forces, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Dec., 1999), pp. 613-641
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