The impact of duration of residence on cause-specific mortality: A cohort study of migrants from the Former Soviet Union residing in Israel and Germany

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-84

  Ott, J J ^a   Paltiel, A M ^b   Winkler, V ^a   Becher, H ^a  

^a Medical Faculty   (Germany)

^b International Relations and Statistical Coordination Department   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Duration of residence; Israel and Germany; Migrant mortality

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION; ISRAEL; MALE; MIGRATION; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; USSR;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; USSR;

EID: 70350754337     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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