Self-rated health among foreign- and U.S.-born Asian Americans: A test of comparability

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-87

  Erosheva, Elena ^a   Walton, Emily C ^a   Takeuchi, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme response style; Immigrants; Loglinear symmetry models; Propensity score matching; Regression; Self rated physical and mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ASIAN AMERICANS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847154723     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000241114.90614.9c     Document Type: Article

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