Ethnic disparities in mental health and educational attainment: Comparing migrant and native children

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 514-525

  Van Oort, Floor V A ^a   Van der Ende, Jan ^a   Crijnen, Alfons A M ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Joung, Inez M A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disparities; Educational attainment; Ethnicity; EXternalizing problems; Internalizing problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 36148961931     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007078355     Document Type: Article

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