Cultural identity, clothing and common mental disorder: A prospective school-based study of white British and Bangladeshi adolescents

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-441

  Bhui, K ^a   Khatib, Y ^a   Viner, R ^b   Klineberg, E ^a   Clark, C ^a   Head, J ^a,b   Stansfeld, S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICULTURALISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUCASIAN; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; CLOTHING; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42549134580     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.063149     Document Type: Article

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