Changes in mental health status amongst children of migrants to Australia: A longitudinal study

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 866-888

  Alati, Rosa ^a   Najman, Jake M ^a   Shuttlewood, Gregory J ^a   Williams, Gail M ^a   Bor, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b S Brisbane Child Youth Mental H   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Longitudinal study; Mental health; Migrant children

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DELINQUENCY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; WELLBEING;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0346219281     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-9566.2003.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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