What do we have to know from migrants' past exposures to understand their health status? A life course approach

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Spallek, Jacob ^a,b   Zeeb, Hajo ^b   Razum, Oliver ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

life course epidemiology; migrant health; Migrants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LIFE COURSE EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 80051577541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-8-6     Document Type: Article

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