Health selection among migrants from Mexico to the U.S.: Childhood predictors of adult physical and mental health

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-370

  Breslau, Joshua ^a   Borges, Guilherme ^b   Tancredi, Daniel J ^a   Saito, Naomi ^a   Anderson, Heather ^a   Kravitz, Richard ^a   Hinton, Ladson ^a   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^a   Mora, Maria Elena Medina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICO; PAIN; PHOBIA; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957860761     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600310     Document Type: Article

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