Do Mexican immigrants "import" social gradients in health to the US?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1268-1276

  Buttenheim, Alison ^a   Goldman, Noreen ^b   Pebley, Anne R ^c   Wong, Rebeca ^d   Chung, Chang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Immigrant health; Latino health; Mexico; Migration; Obesity; Smoking; Social disparities; USA

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SMOKING;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; OBESITY; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956344448     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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