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  1. Center for the Study of Health Disparities (CSHD), Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Ranjita Misra

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  1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Sana Loue

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Martha Sajatovic

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Misra, R. (2012). Asian Indians. In: Loue, S., Sajatovic, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5659-0_53

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