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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Older Latino Immigrants

Rocío Calvo, Mary C. Waters
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2023, 9 (3) 60-76; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.3.03
Rocío Calvo
aAssociate professor at the Boston College School of Social Work, United States
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bJohn L. Loeb Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, United States
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