(Sociodemographic variables and lifestyle as predictors of self-perceived health in immigrants in the Basque Country [Spain]);Variables sociodemográficas y estilos de vida como predictores de la autovaloración de la salud de los inmigrantes en el País Vasco

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 404-412

  Rodríguez Álvarez, Elena ^a   Lanborena Elordui, Nerea ^a   Senhaji, Meftaha ^b   Pereda Riguera, Celina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Médicos del Mundo/Munduko Medikuak ^*

Author keywords

Basque Country (Spain); Collective immigrant groups; Health interview survey; Lifestyle; Self rated health; Socio demographic variables

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 59949102119     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13126920     Document Type: Article

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