Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 90-98 , February 2010

Origin differences in self-reported health among older migrants living in France

  • N. Vaillant

      Affiliations

    • Lille Economie et Management (UMR 8179 CNRS) and Université Catholique de Lille (Faculté Libre des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion), Lille, France
    • ,
  • F.C. Wolff

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d'Economie et de Management Nantes Atlantique, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
    • Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Vieillesse and Institut National des Etudes Démographiques, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Laboratoire d'Economie et de Management Nantes Atlantique, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France. Tel.: +33 2 40 14 17 79; fax: +33 2 40 14 17 00.

Received 5 August 2009 ,Revised 24 November 2009 ,Accepted 8 January 2010.

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PII: S0033-3506(10)00007-7

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.01.005

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 90-98 , February 2010

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