Status and health security: An exploratory study of irregular immigrants in Toronto

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 369-373

  Simich, Laura ^a,b   Wu, Fei ^a,b   Nerad, Sonja ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community health care; Immigration; Legal status; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048978083     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405421     Document Type: Article

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