Physical inactivity is strongly associated with anxiety and depression in Iraqi immigrants to Sweden: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Siddiqui, Faiza ^a   Lindblad, Ulf ^b   Bennet, Louise ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Immigrants; Middle East; Physical activity; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84902243699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-502     Document Type: Article

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