Self-reported anxiety, sleeping problems and pain among Turkish-born immigrants in Sweden

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-379

  Steiner, Kristin Hjörleifsdottir ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^b   Sundquist, Jan ^b   Wändell, Per E ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Immigrants; Pain; Self Reported; Sleeping Problems; Sweden; Turkish Born

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH RISK; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION MODELING; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TURKEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; TURKEY;

EID: 34548120639     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701300673     Document Type: Article

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