Associations of Employment Frustration with Self-Rated Physical and Mental Health Among Asian American Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Force

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 492-503

  De Castro, A B ^a   Rue, Tessa ^a   Takeuchi, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Immigrants; Occupational health; Self rated health; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649544874     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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