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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS lsDAR0x9. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background An increasing USA population, especially as a result of foreign immigration, has been the recent focus of healthcare research and policy debate. However, little is known about domestic immigration and its impact on the measures of health conditions and behaviours used to develop and evaluate public health policies and programmes. The objective of this research is to compare health conditions and behaviours between domestic immigrants and established residents in Nevada, the fastest-growing state in the USA. Methods The Nevada 2004-2006 Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance Survey and added state residency questions were used to examine the associations between length of residence and 24 explanatory variables on health behaviours and conditions. Weighted multiple logistic regressions were used for data analyses. Results Among the 8663 respondents weighted to the total Nevada population, long-term residents (5 to
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