Inequalities by immigrant status in depressive symptoms in Europe: the role of integration policy regimes

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 391-398

  Malmusi, Davide ^a,b   Palència, Laia ^a,b   Ikram, Umar Z ^c   Kunst, Anton E ^c   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,d  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depression; Europe; Immigrant status; Integration policy; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012241873     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1348-2     Document Type: Article

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