The health status of first-and second-generation Turkish immigrants in Germany

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 493-501

  Wengler, Annelene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generations and Gender Survey; Germany; Morbidity; Subjective health status; Turkish immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955151658     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0254-8     Document Type: Article

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