Characteristics of relevance for health in Turkish and Middle Eastern adolescent immigrants compared to Finnish immigrants and ethnic Swedish teenagers

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 418-425

  Holmberg, Lars I ^a,b   Hellberg, Dan ^b,c  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Center for Clinical Research Dalarna   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Finland; Middle East; Risk behavior; Sweden; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SWEDEN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SWEDEN; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58149387036     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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