Health, growth and psychosocial adaptation of immigrant children

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 16-25

  Gualdi Russo, Emanuela ^a   Toselli, Stefania ^b   Masotti, Sabrina ^a   Marzouk, Diaa ^c   Sundquist, Kristina ^d   Sundquist, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Center for Primary Health Care Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84906225174     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku107     Document Type: Review

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