Migration and health in Italy: A multiethnic adult sample

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-95

  Gualdi Russo, Emanuela ^a   Zironi, Alessandro ^a   Dallari, Giovanna V ^b   Toselli, Stefania ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Public Health Service   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049083978     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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