Ethnicity, acculturation, and self reported health. A population based study among immigrants from Poland, Turkey, and Iran in Sweden

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 574-582

  Wiking, Eivor ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 3042538079     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.011387     Document Type: Article

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