Household density among undocumented mexican immigrants in New York City

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-318

  Standish, Katherine ^a   Nandi, Vijay ^a   Ompad, Danielle C ^a   Momper, Sandra ^b   Galea, Sandro ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Economically marginalized; High residential density; Housing; Mexicans; Undocumented immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956057153     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9175-x     Document Type: Article

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