The association of immigrant- and non-immigrant-specific factors with mental ill health among immigrants in Sweden

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-93

  Tinghög, Petter ^a   Al Saffar, Suad ^b,c   Carstensen, John ^a   Nordenfelt, Lennart ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Living conditions; Mental ill health; Migration; Risk factors; Sweden; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; IRAQ; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; IRAQ; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149181346     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008096163     Document Type: Article

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