Effect of length of stay on smoking among turkish and eastern european immigrants in germany-interpretation in the light of the smoking epidemic model and the acculturation theory

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15925-15936

  Reiss, Katharina ^a,b   Schunck, Reinhard ^a   Razum, Oliver ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Agriculture   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Emigrants and immigrants; Length of stay; Longitudinal studies; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; SMOKING; SURVEY METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPEAN; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TURK (PEOPLE); TURKEY (REPUBLIC); YOUNG ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TURKEY; VERY ELDERLY;

GERMANY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949983936     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121215030     Document Type: Article

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