Physical and psychological health of first and second generation Turkish immigrants in Germany

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 538-545

  Kotwal, Ashwin A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIGRANT; TURKEY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953598924     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21044     Document Type: Article

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