Health status, health behaviour and healthcare use among migrants in the UK: Evidence from mothers in the Millennium Cohort Study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1002-1010

  Jayaweera, Hiranthi ^a   Quigley, Maria A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Health behaviour; Health status; Healthcare use; Migrants; Mothers; UK

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNIZATION; MIGRATION; MOTHER; PRENATAL CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955095641     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.039     Document Type: Article

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