Health and humanitarian migrants' economic participation

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-339

  Khoo, Siew Ean ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic integration; Health; Immigrants; Labor force participation; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956063315     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9098-y     Document Type: Article

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