Evidence of divergence with duration of residence in circulatory disease mortality in migrants to Australia

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 550-554

  Gray, Linsay ^a   Harding, Seeromanie ^a   Reid, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Circulatory disease mortality; Duration of residence; Migrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; IRELAND; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIET NAM;

ACCULTURATION; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 37249034103     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm008     Document Type: Article

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