Better mental health in children of Vietnamese refugees compared with their Norwegian peers - A matter of cultural difference?

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 34-

  Vaage, Aina B ^a,b   Tingvold, Laila ^c   Hauff, Edvard ^c,d   Van Ta, Thong ^e   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^f   Clench Aas, Jocelyne ^g   Thomsen, Per H ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e International House Foundation   (Norway)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NORWAY; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; VIET NAM;

EID: 70450255131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-3-34     Document Type: Article

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