Disability among native-born and foreign-born blacks in the United States

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 241-265

  Elo, Irma T ^a   Mehta, Neil K ^b   Huang, Cheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Black African American; Caribbean; Disability; Immigration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953717731     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-010-0008-x     Document Type: Article

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