Mortality in first generation white immigrants in California, 1989-1999

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-205

  Nasseri, Kiumarss ^a  

^a Public Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

First generation immigrants; Immigrant studies; Proportional mortality ratio; White Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; USSR;

CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 40649106289     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9070-x     Document Type: Article

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