Duration of residence and disease occurrence among refugees and family reunited immigrants: Test of the 'healthy migrant effect' hypothesis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 958-967

  Norredam, Marie ^a,b   Agyemang, Charles ^c   Hoejbjerg Hansen, Oluf K ^a   Petersen, Jørgen H ^a   Byberg, Stine ^a   Krasnik, Allan ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communicable disease; Duration of residence; Immigrants; Migration; Non communicable disease; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; RESIDENCE TIME; STROKE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; BREAST CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CITIZENSHIP; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFUGEE; TUBERCULOSIS;

DENMARK;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DURACIÓN DE RESIDENCIA; DURATION OF RESIDENCE; DURÉE DE RÉSIDENCE; EMIGRANTES; ENFERMEDADES TRANSMISIBLES; IMMIGRANTS; INMIGRACIÓN; MALADIES NON TRANSMISSIBLES; MALADIES TRANSMISSIBLES; MIGRATION; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; REFUGEES; REFUGIADOS; RÉFUGIÉS;

ADULT; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFUGEES; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84903595308     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12340     Document Type: Article

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