Rural-to-Urban Migration and Changes in Health Among Young Adults in Thailand

Demography

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 233-257

  Nauman, Elizabeth ^a,b   VanLandingham, Mark ^a   Anglewicz, Philip ^a   Patthavanit, Umaporn ^c   Punpuing, Sureeporn ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Health status; Rural urban migration; Selection; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925538620     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0365-y     Document Type: Article

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