Health status of older immigrants to Canada

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-319

  Newbold, K Bruce ^a   Filice, John K ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Canada; Health; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33750181647     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2007.0009     Document Type: Article

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