Multicultural meanings of social support among immigrants and refugees

International Migration

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 123-159

  Stewart, Miriam ^a   Anderson, Joan ^b   Beiser, Morton ^c,e   Mwakarimba, Edward ^a   Neufeld, Anne ^a   Simich, Laura ^c,f   Spitzer, Denise ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^f CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; DECISION MAKING; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MULTICULTURALISM; REFUGEE; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 47949097230     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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