Strangers in a familiar land: The psychological consequences of internal migration in a developing country

Stress and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Pyakuryal, Amod ^a   Tausig, Mark ^a   Subedi, Sree ^b   Subedi, Janardan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mental health; Nepa; rural to urban migration; social support; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 80051764796     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1363     Document Type: Article

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