The healthy immigrant effect: A greater understanding might help us improve the health of all children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-297

  Flores, Glenn ^a   Brotanek, Jane ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14644444226     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.3.295     Document Type: Editorial

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