The burden of culture? Health outcomes among immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the United States

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-322

  Hofmann, Erin Trouth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Former Soviet Union; Health behaviors; Healthy migrant effect; Immigration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; USSR; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 84860834528     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9436-3     Document Type: Article

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