Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 299-301 , March 2010

Does the “Healthy Immigrant Effect” Extend to Smoking in Immigrant Children?

  • Jennifer O'Loughlin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jennifer O'Loughlin, Ph.D., Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 3875 St Urbain, Montréal, Québec, H2W 1V1, Canada.
    • ,
  • Katerina Maximova, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Keely Fraser, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Katherine Gray-Donald, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Received 5 May 2009 ,Accepted 19 August 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00332-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.08.005

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 299-301 , March 2010

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