Mental health in migrant children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-294

  Stevens, Gonneke W J M ^a   Vollebergh, Wilma A M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Ethnicity; Externalising problems; Internalising problems; Mental health; Migrant; Review

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; ETHNICITY; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 40449117319     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01848.x     Document Type: Review

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