"Kull wahad la haalu": Feelings of isolation and distress among Yemeni immigrant women in San Francisco's Tenderloin

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-416

  Volk, Lucia ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Idioms of distress; Research methods; Spatial and social isolation; Yemeni immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; YEMEN;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YEMEN;

EID: 70749117467     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2009.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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