Ethnic differences in self-rated and functional health: Does immigrant status matter?

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-147

  Kobayashi, Karen M ^a   Prus, Steven ^b   Lin, Zhiqiu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Ethnicity; Functional health; Immigrant status; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 42449126688     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701830299     Document Type: Article

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