Background: Previous work has found that first-generation immigrants to
developed nations tend to have better health than individuals born in the host
country. We examined the evidence for the healthy immigrant effect and convergence of
health status between Chinese immigrants (n = 147) and U.S. born whites (n = 167)
participating in the ... read morecross-sectional Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and
Health study and residing in the same neighborhoods.
Keywords: Healthy immigrant effect, Chinese immigrants, Convergence of
health status.
Corlin, Laura, Mark Woodin, Mohan Thanikachalam, Lydia Lowe,
and Doug Brugge. "Evidence for the healthy immigrant effect in older Chinese
immigrants: a cross-sectional study." BMC Public Health 14, no. 1 (12, 2014):
1-8.