The health effects of emigration on those who remain at home

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1265-1272

  Burazeri, Genc ^a,d   Goda, Artan ^b   Tavanxhi, Nertila ^c   Sulo, Gerhard ^b   Stefa, Jonida ^a   Kark, Jeremy D ^d  

^a University of Tirana Faculty of Medicine   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary heart disease; Emigration; Financial support; Sex differences; Social support; Transitional country

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EMIGRATION; HEALTH IMPACT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBANIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36949030543     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym162     Document Type: Article

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