Health related quality of life in immigrants and native school aged adolescents in Spain

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 694-698

  Pantzer, Karin ^a   Rajmil, Luis ^a   Tebé, Cristian ^a   Codina, Francisco ^b   Serra Sutton, Vicky ^a   Ferrer, Montse ^c   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^d   Simeoni, Marie Claude ^e   Alonso, Jordi ^c  

^a Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research   (Spain)

^b Centre d'Atenció Primària de Lloret   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; IMMIGRANT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; STUDENTS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33746343309     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.044073     Document Type: Article

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