Long-term illness among indigenous and foreign-born people in Sweden

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-198

  Sundquist, Jan ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Long term illness; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSTATISTICS; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031029769     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00145-1     Document Type: Article

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