The mental health of asylum-seeking children in Denmark;Psykisk helbred blandt asylbørn i Danmark

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 169, Issue 43, 2007, Pages 3660-3665

  Nielsen, Signe Smith ^a,b   Nørredam, Marie ^a   Christiansen, Karen Louise ^a   Obel, Carsten ^a   Krasnik, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 36049025035     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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