Edited by Sana Loue. 654 pp. New York, Plenum Press, 1998. $115. ISBN 0-306-45959-0.
Interest in the health issues affecting immigrants has grownover the past 10 to 20 years, as the number of immigrants inthe United States has increased dramatically — from under10 million in 1970 to almost 26 million in 1997. Although afew states continue to have unusually high concentrations ofimmigrants — almost 25 percent of California's residentsare foreign-born — even states without a recent historyof immigration, such as Iowa, are now experiencing an influxof workers from Mexico and elsewhere. Thus, there are few regionsof the country where health professionals can safely ignorethis . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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