Foreign-born health integration during the transition to adulthood: The case of weight

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1419-1433

  Jackson, Margot I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Health; Immigration; Inequality; Overweight obesity; Stratification; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960923271     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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