Young and new to Canada: Promoting the mental wellbeing of immigrant and refugee female youth

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 514-516

  Khanlou, Nazilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence youth; Canada; Female; Gender; Immigrant; Mental health promotion; Newcomer; Policy; Refugee; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949129995     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-007-9071-y     Document Type: Article

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