Perceived discrimination and its association with psychological distress among newly arrived immigrants before and after september 11, 2001

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 909-915

  Rousseau, Cécile ^a   Hassan, Ghayda ^b   Moreau, Nicolas ^c   Thombs, Brett D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHECKLIST; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; TIME;

ADULT; ARABS; CHECKLIST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954618343     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.173062     Document Type: Article

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