Somatic complaint differences between Turkish immigrants and Belgians: Do all roads lead to Rome?

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-88

  Beirens, Koen ^a   Fontaine, J R J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

acculturation; culture; emotions; somatic complaints; somatization; Turkey

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL RELATIONS; IMMIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957470897     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2010.529113     Document Type: Article

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