Revisiting the Hispanic mortality advantage in the United States: The role of smoking

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Fenelon, Andrew ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Hispanic paradox; Life expectancy; Mexican; Migration; Selection; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELECTIVE MIGRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEXICO; MORTALITY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875245367     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.028     Document Type: Article

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