Mental health in immigrant men and women in Australia: The North West Adelaide health study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Straiton, Melanie ^a,b   Grant, Janet F ^b   Winefield, Helen R ^b   Taylor, Anne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Health service use; Immigrant health; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84924658801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1111     Document Type: Article

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