Comparison of self-rated health among Latina immigrants in a Southern U.S. City and a national sample

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 350, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 290-295

  White, Kari ^a   Scarinci, Isabel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanics; Immigrants; Self rated health; U.S. South

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; SELF RATED HEALTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIGRANT; ODDS RATIO; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALABAMA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942803725     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000554     Document Type: Article

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