Health behaviours and psychosocial adjustment of migrant adolescents in Switzerland

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 35, 1997, Pages 1419-1429

  Ferron, C ^a   Haour Knipe, M ^a   Tschumper, A ^b   Narring, F ^a   Michaud, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitsdienst der Stadt Bern ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0030868073     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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