Health of immigrants in European countries

International Migration Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 861-876

  Solé Auró, Aïda ^a   Crimmins, Eileen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; POPULATION GROWTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 56549117446     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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