The mental health of Chinese immigrants in Birmingham, UK

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-387

  Huang, Shu Ling ^a   Spurgeon, Anne ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; Immigrant; Life adjustment; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 39049182557     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850600824161     Document Type: Article

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