The influence of age at migration and length of residence on self-rated health among Swedish immigrants: A cross-sectional study

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-105

  Leão, Teresa Saraiva ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Sundquist, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Migration; Self rated health; Survey; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; AGE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 60749108333     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802345973     Document Type: Article

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