Mental health among children seeking asylum in Denmark - The effect of length of stay and number of relocations: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nielsen, Signe S ^a   Norredam, Marie ^a   Christiansen, Karen L ^b   Obel, Carsten ^c   Hilden, Jørgen ^a   Krasnik, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Red Cross Asylum Department   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RED CROSS; REFUGEE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RED CROSS; REFUGEES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 51649112960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-293     Document Type: Article

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