Unhealthy Assimilation: Why Do Immigrants Converge to American Health Status Levels?
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- Heather Antecol & Kelly Bedard, 2006. "Unhealthy assimilation: Why do immigrants converge to American health status levels?," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 43(2), pages 337-360, May.
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immigrant; assimilation; health;All these keywords.
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- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
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