Quality of life among Turkish immigrants in Sweden

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1319-1333

  Bayram, Nuran ^a   Thorburn, Daniel ^b   Demirhan, Haydar ^c   Bilgel, Nazan ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Sweden; Turkish immigrants; WHOQOL TR 100

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TURKEY;

EID: 34648833201     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9249-6     Document Type: Article

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