Migration status and limiting long-standing illness: A longitudinal study of women of childbearing age in Sweden

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-104

  Robertson, Eva ^a   Iglesias, Edgar ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

First and second generation immigrants; Limiting long standing illness; Migration status; Socio economic status; Women of reproductive age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTION; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037764730     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/13.2.99     Document Type: Article

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