Coming to Canada: the difference in health trajectories between immigrants and native-born residents

Lawrence So () and Hude Quan

International Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 57, issue 6, 893-904

Abstract: Our finding may be attributable to immigrants inconsistently reporting, or a dichotomous health trajectory. Longitudinal data with physical measurements may be required to decipher our observations. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2012

Keywords: Immigrants; Health; Longitudinal survey data; Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0398-1

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