The health of female Iranian immigrants in Sweden: A qualitative six-year follow-up study

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-359

  Sharareh, Akhavan ^a,b   Carina, Bildt ^a   Sarah, Wamala ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33947366879     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330701206240     Document Type: Article

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