Inequalities in mortality among refugees and immigrants compared to native Danes - A historical prospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Norredam, Marie ^a   Olsbjerg, Maja ^b   Petersen, Jorgen H ^b   Juel, Knud ^c   Krasnik, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Immigrants; Inequity; Migration; Mortality; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFUGEE; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFUGEES; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84865856089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-757     Document Type: Article

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