Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST CbE5R0xc. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives-To trace patterns of health and health behaviour in those with ancestry in the Indian subcontinent (British Asians) compared with the general population of their age (1) in the younger generation age 14-15 mainly born in the UK and (2) in the older mainly migrant generation. Design-Cross sectional random sample surveys of two age groups in Glasgow. Samples-334 British Asians (86% born in the UK) and 490 non-Asians, all aged 14-15 ; 173 British Asians aged 30-40 (mean age 35,93% born abroad), and 344 general population aged 35. Measures-Health : self assessed health/fitness, longstanding/limiting illness, chronic phlegm, accidents, symptoms, tooth loss. Health behaviour : smoking, alcohol, drugs, exercise. Results-At age 14-15, compared with non-Asian counterparts : fewer British Asian girls reported limiting illness (p
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