Mitigating effect of immigration on the relation between income inequality and mortality: A prospective study of 2 million Canadians

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Auger, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Hamel, Denis ^a   Martinez, Jérǒme ^a   Ross, Nancy A ^d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; IMMIGRATION; INJURY; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84864018124     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.127977     Document Type: Article

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