Bodily pain and associated mental distress among immigrant adolescents: A population-based cross-sectional study

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 371-375

  Lien, Lars ^a   Claussen, Bjørgulf ^a   Hauff, Edvard ^a   Thoresen, Magne ^a   Bjertness, Espen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bodily pain; Immigrants; Mental distress; Minorities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NECK PAIN; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; STUDENT; SYMPTOM; BACKACHE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; STOMACH PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 27644550657     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-005-0484-5     Document Type: Article

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