Selective international migration by social position, health behaviour and personality

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-155

  Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Hammar, Niklas ^b,c   Hedlund, Ebba ^b,d   Koskenvuo, Markku ^a   Rönnemaa, Tapani ^e   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Migrants; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 40849104848     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm052     Document Type: Article

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