Migration and Health in England and Scotland: A Study of Migrant Selectivity and Salmon Bias

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 694-708

  Wallace, Matthew ^a   Kulu, Hill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Census analysis; Health; Logistic regression; Migration

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HEALTH STATUS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84930513282     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1804     Document Type: Article

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