The short-term health of Canada's new immigrant arrivals: Evidence from LSIC

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-336

  Newbold, Bruce ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health; Immigrants; New arrivals

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; REFUGEE; SELF EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249221435     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802609956     Document Type: Article

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