"You have to be flexible"-Coping among polish migrant workers in Scotland

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 820-827

  Weishaar, Heide B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Coping; International migration; Polish migrant workers; Scotland

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH STATUS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MOBILITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB STRESS; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955325344     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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