Immigrant girls perceive less stress

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 889-893

  Lindblad, F ^a,b   Backman, L ^c   Akerstedt T ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Scale; School aged children; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 44849130082     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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