Psychological distress among Australians and immigrants: Findings from the 2007 national survey of mental health and wellbeing

Advances in Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-116

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Kessler scale; Logistic regression; Non english speaking countries; NSMHWB; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862685660     PISSN: 18387357     EISSN: 18374905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jamh.2011.10.2.106     Document Type: Article

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