Migration, ageing and mental health: An ethnographic study on perceptions of life satisfaction, anxiety and depression in older Somali men in east London

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-320

  Silveira, Ellen ^a   Allebeck, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Mental health; Migration; Older people; Physical disability; Social factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141935715     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00188     Document Type: Article

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