Exposure to neighborhood immigrant concentration from adolescence to young adulthood and immune function among Latino young adults

Health and Place

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-64

  Ford, Jodi L ^a   Browning, Christopher R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant enclave; Immune function; Latinos; Neighborhood; Stress

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LATINO PEOPLE; NEIGHBORHOOD;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921466182     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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