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International Journal of Epidemiology 2000;29:191-192
© International Epidemiological Association 2000

Letters to the Editor

The ‘healthy migrant effect’–not merely a fallacy of inaccurate denominator figures

Oliver Razum, Hajo Zeeb and Sabine Rohrmann

Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, Heidelberg University. Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. e-mail: oliver.razum@ urz.uni-heidelberg.de

Sir—Ringbäck Weitoft et al.1 present intriguing evidence indicating that the lower mortality among immigrants compared to the host population in register studies could largely be explained by inaccurate denominator figures. Their findings suggest that immigrants to Sweden, particularly those from Turkey and Southern Europe, frequently remain registered on the national population registry even after . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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