Cardiovascular disease incidence and survival: Are migrants always worse off?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 667-677

  Byberg, Stine ^a   Agyemang, Charles ^b   Zwisler, Ann Dorthe ^c,d   Krasnik, Allan ^a   Norredam, Marie ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular disease; Incidence; Migrants; Stroke; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; REFUGEE; SEX; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFUGEES; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929429365     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0024-7     Document Type: Article

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