Do healthy behaviors decline with greater acculturation? Implications for the Latino mortality paradox.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on March 03, 2005

Authors

Ana F Abraído-Lanza1, Maria T Chao, Karen R Flórez

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168 Street, 5th floor, New York, NY 10032, USA. aabraido@columbia.edu

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