Open AccessHurling Alone? How Social Capital Failed to Save the Irish From Cardiovascular Disease in the United States
Author(s) -
Cecily Kelleher,
John Lynch,
Sam Harper,
Joseph B Tay,
Geraldine Nolan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.12.2162
Subject(s) - irish , psychosocial , immigration , disadvantage , disadvantaged , ethnic group , epidemiology , medicine , famine , demography , disease , gerontology , environmental health , geography , political science , economic growth , sociology , psychiatry , pathology , economics , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , law
We performed a historical review of cardiovascular risk profiles of Irish immigrants to the United States, 1850-1970, in regard to lifestyle, socio-economic circumstances, and social capital.