Migrant density and well-being - A national school survey of 15-year-olds in Sweden

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 823-828

  Hjern, Anders ^a,b   Rajmil, Luis ^c   Bergström, Malin ^a   Berlin, Marie ^a,d   Gustafsson, Per A ^e   Modin, Bitte ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SWEDEN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84885009563     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt106     Document Type: Article

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