The deterioration of health status among immigrants to Canada

Global Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 462-478

  de Maio, Fernando G ^a   Kemp, Eagan ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Health; Immigration; Inequality; Visible minority

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONELINESS; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955244746     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690902942480     Document Type: Article

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