The effects of social connections on self-rated physical and mental health among internal migrant and local adolescents in Shanghai, China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mao, Zheng Hong ^a,b   Zhao, Xu Dong ^a,b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84856448152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-97     Document Type: Article

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