Mortality among US-born and immigrant Hispanics in the US: effects of nativity, duration of residence, and age at immigration

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 609-617

  Holmes, Julia S ^a   Driscoll, Anne K ^a   Heron, Melonie ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Age at immigration; Health behaviors; Hispanics; Immigration; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MORPHOMETRICS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933178505     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0686-7     Document Type: Article

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