Adversities of acculturation? Prevalence of obesity among immigrants

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-303

  Kaushal, Neeraj ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinants of health; Immigration; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CENSUSES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349163371     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1368     Document Type: Article

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