Psychological problems of native and immigrant adolescent students in a Greek town

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-103

  Livaditis, Miltos ^a   Zafiriadis, Kiriakos ^c   Samakouri, Maria ^b   Xenitidis, Kiriakos ^c   Gizari, Flora ^b   Tzavaras, Nikos ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Psychiat U Dist Gen Hosp A   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Immigrants; Psychological problems; Y.S.R.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0033938306     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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