Ethnic enclaves and risk of psychiatric disorders among first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1713-1722

  Mezuk, Briana ^a,c,d   Li, Xinjun ^b   Cederin, Klas ^b   Concha, Jeannie ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^c   Sundquist, Jan ^b,e   Sundquist, Kristina ^b,e  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Immigrants; Multi level; Neighborhood; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MOOD DISORDERS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945435610     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1107-1     Document Type: Article

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