Recent research on the mental health of immigrants to Sweden: A literature review

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 72-79

  Gilliver, Stephen C ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a,b   Li, Xinjun ^a   Sundquist, Kristina ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84906221303     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku101     Document Type: Review

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