Is there a Mediterranean migrants mortality paradox in Europe? [4]

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1115-1118

  Khlat, M ^a   Darmon, N ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; EUROPE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MORTALITY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347917035     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg308     Document Type: Letter

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