The mental health and psychosocial adjustment of Cuban immigrants in south Florida

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1173-1181

  Cislo, Andrew M ^a   Spence, Naomi J ^b   Gayman, Mathew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CUBA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955582566     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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