Prevalence of psychological symptoms in contemporary Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers: An exploratory meta-analysis of observational studies using the SCL-90-R

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1569-1581

  Zhong, Bao Liang ^a,d   Liu, Tie Bang ^b   Chiu, Helen F K ^a   Chan, Sandra S M ^a   Hu, Chi Yi ^b   Hu, Xue Feng ^a   Xiang, Yu Tao ^a   Caine, Eric D ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENZHEN KANGNING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Migrant worker; Multilevel model; Prevalence; Psychological symptom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84885423013     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0672-4     Document Type: Article

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