Perceptions of the use of khat among Somali immigrants living in Swedish society

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-219

  Osman, Fatumo A ^a   Söderbäck, Maja ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immigrants; khat; perception; phenomenography; qat; Somali; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG USE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PLANT LEAF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMALIA; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CATHA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DRUG USERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOMALIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 79952543505     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810384908     Document Type: Article

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