The ethnic gap in mobility: a comparison of Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin migrants and the general Finnish population

• Main Authors: S. Rask (Author), P. Sainio (Author), A. E. Castaneda (Author), T. Härkänen (Author), S. Stenholm (Author), P. Koponen (Author), S. Koskinen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Many ethnic minority populations have poorer health than the general population. However, there is limited knowledge on the possible ethnic gap in physical mobility. We aim to examine the prevalence of mobility limitations in working-age Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin migrant...