Explaining low mortality among US immigrants relative to native-born Americans: The role of smoking

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 786-793

  Blue, Laura ^a   Fenelon, Andrew ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status disparities; Lung neoplasms; Minority health; Mortality; Smoking; Statistics as topic

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER; CENSUS; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; IMMIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961176129     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr011     Document Type: Article

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