Implications of ethnic group origin for Israeli women's mental health

Journal of Immigrant Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 133-143

  Cwikel, Julie ^a   Segal Engelchin, Dorit ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethnic group origin; Income difficulties; Physical health status; Social support; Women's mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SELF ESTEEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 20044383953     PISSN: 10964045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-005-3670-0     Document Type: Article

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