Why is the 'healthy immigrant effect' different between European countries?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 80-86

  Moullan, Yasser ^a,b   Jusot, Florence ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut de Recherche et de Documentation en Economie de la Santé Irdes   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BELGIUM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84906216312     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku112     Document Type: Article

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