Has psychological distress among UK South Asians been under-estimated? A comparison of three measures in the West of Scotland population

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 21-29

  Williams, Rory ^a,b   Eley, Susan ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a   Bhatt, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Mental health; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASIAN PEOPLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; RACIAL DISPARITY;

UK, SCOTLAND, STRATHCLYDE, GLASGOW;

EID: 0030619405     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1997.9961812     Document Type: Article

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