Health selection among new immigrants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2058-2064

  Akresh, Ilana Redstone ^a   Frank, Reanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; AFRICA; ALGORITHM; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AFRICA; ALGORITHMS; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249127534     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.100974     Document Type: Article

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