Changes in income inequality and the health of immigrants

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-66

  Hamilton, Tod G ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Immigrants; Income inequality; Inequality; Migration; United States

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876474683     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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