Acculturation and health status among African-Caribbean, Bangladeshi and White British adolescents: Validation and findings from the RELACHS study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-266

  Bhui, Kamaldeep ^a,b   Lawrence, Amanda ^a   Klineberg, Emily ^a   Woodley Jones, Davina ^a   Taylor, Stephanie ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen ^a   Viner, Russell ^c   Booy, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnic and cultural identity; Health outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUCASIAN; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATIGUE; FRIENDSHIP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; BANGLADESH; CARIBBEAN REGION; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27644512387     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0890-5     Document Type: Article

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