Nativity differences in chronic health conditions between nationally representative samples of Asian American, Latino American, and Afro-Caribbean American respondents

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 903-911

  Carlisle, Shauna K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Chronic health; Ethnicity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871994102     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9606-6     Document Type: Article

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