Differential Mortality Patterns between Nicaraguan Immigrants and Native-born Residents of Costa Rica

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-42

  Herring, Andrew Avery ^a,b   Bonilla Carrión, Roger Enrique ^c   Borland, Rosilyne Mae ^b   Hill, Kenneth Hailey ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b International Organization for Migration   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica epidemiology; Emigration and Immigration; Migrant; Mortality; Nicaragua epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NICARAGUA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTA RICA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NICARAGUA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649232813     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9121-y     Document Type: Article

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