South Asian populations in Canada: Migration and mental health

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Islam, Farah ^a   Khanlou, Nazilla ^b   Tamim, Hala ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Canadian born; First generation immigrant; Immigrant; Mental health; Mental illness; Migration; Second generation immigrant; Social determinants of mental health; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84902248058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-154     Document Type: Article

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