Mental health problems among labour children in the Gaza Strip

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-95

  Thabet, A A ^a,b   Matar, S ^c,d   Carpintero, A ^e   Bankart, J ^f   Vostanis, P ^f  

^a School of Public Health   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Academic Programmes   (United Arab Emirates)

^c AL QUDS OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^d Medical Military Services   (United Arab Emirates)

^e Westcotes House   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Exploitation; Labour; Mental health; Working children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE EAST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE EAST; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650137546     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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