Morbidity and Irish Catholic Descent in Britain: relating health disadvantage to behaviour.
Objectives. This paper critically evaluates the evidence for two health-related stereotypes of the Irish, namely that behaviours such as smoking and heavy drinking explain their excess morbidity in Britain, and secondly that, in illness, this ethnic group behaves more stoically. Design. Data are rep...
| Publicado en: | Ethnicity & Health Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 221 - 231 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov99
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |