Health, chronic conditions, and behavioral risk disparities among U.S. Immigrant children and adolescents

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 463-479

  Singh, Gopal K ^a   Yu, Stella M ^a   Kogan, Michael D ^a  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING DISORDER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PARENT; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887341252     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491312800606     Document Type: Article

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