Trends and disparities in socioeconomic and behavioural characteristics, life expectancy, and cause-specific mortality of native-born and foreign-born populations in the United States, 1979-2003

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 903-919

  Singh, Gopal K ^a   Hiatt, Robert A ^b  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer screening; Cardiovascular; Cause of death; Ethnicity; Health behaviour; Immigrant; Life expectancy; Morbidity; Mortality; Socioeconomic; Time trend

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; IMMIGRANT; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION GROUPS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749645846     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl089     Document Type: Article

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