Migration-related health inequalities: Showing the complex interactions between gender, social class and place of origin

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1610-1619

  Malmusi, Davide ^a,b,c,d   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c,d   Benach, Joan ^b,c  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Migration and health; Self rated health; Socio economic conditions; Spain

Indexed keywords

CLASS; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; MIGRATION; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; POPULATION MIGRATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77957704035     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.043     Document Type: Article

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