Session 85:
Immigrant Health
Chair: Melonie P. Heron, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
Discussant: Felicia LeClere, University of Michigan
Immigration and Generational Trends in Body Mass Index and Obesity in the United States: Results of the National Latino and Asian-American Survey (NLAAS), 2002-2003 Lisa M. Bates, Columbia University ; Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Harvard University ; Margarita Alegria, Harvard University and Cambridge Health Alliance ; Nancy Krieger, Harvard School of Public Health
Social Support, Family Integration, and Health Outcomes of U.S. Immigrants Bridget K. Gorman, Rice University ; Elaine Ecklund, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY) ; Holly Heard, Rice University
Stress and Immigrant Health: The Relationship between Time in U.S. and Allostatic Load of Immigrants Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago
Another Mexican Birthweight Paradox? The Effect of Immigrant Enclaves and Neighborhood Poverty on the Birthweight of Mexican Origin Infants Theresa L. Osypuk, University of Michigan ; Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Harvard University
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