Immigration and the health of U.S. black adults: Does country of origin matter?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1551-1560

  Hamilton, Tod G ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Discrimination; Health Disparities; Healthy migrant effect; Immigrants; Nativity; Race; Racism; Selection; USA

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; RACISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; RACISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80955130777     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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