A Systematic Review of the Physical, Mental, Social, and Economic Problems of Immigrant Women in the Perinatal Period in Japan

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1863-1881

  Kita, Sachiko ^a   Minatani, Mariko ^a   Hikita, Naoko ^a   Matsuzaki, Masayo ^a   Shiraishi, Mie ^a   Haruna, Megumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immigrant women; Japan; Perinatal period; Problems; Review

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BARRIER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRANT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT;

ACCULTURATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS;

EID: 84946472779     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0192-2     Document Type: Article

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