Mortality of foreign-born and US-born Hispanic adults at younger ages: A reexamination of recent patterns

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1297-1304

  Eschbach, Karl ^a,b   Stimpson, Jim P ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; REGISTRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUCASIAN; MIGRATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; TEXAS;

EID: 34548386231     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.094193     Document Type: Article

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