Integrating social epidemiology into immigrant health research: A cross-national framework

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2060-2068

  Acevedo Garcia, Dolores ^a   Sanchez Vaznaugh, Emma V ^b,c   Viruell Fuentes, Edna A ^d   Almeida, Joanna ^e  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e Simmons School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Immigrant health; Immigration; Lifecourse; Social epidemiology; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869489254     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.040     Document Type: Article

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