A comparison of female migrant workers' mental health in four cities in China

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-122

  He, Xuesong ^a   Wong, Daniel Fu Keung ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; female; Mental health; migrant workers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874031419     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764011423467     Document Type: Article

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