Nativity, duration of residence and chronic health conditions in Australia: Do trends converge towards the native-born population?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-63

  Jatrana, Santosh ^a   Pasupuleti, Samba Siva Rao ^a   Richardson, Ken ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Chronic conditions; Duration of residence; Longitudinal; Migrants

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; TIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; MIGRANT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84908343597     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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