The centrality of social ties to climate migration and mental health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Torres, Jacqueline M ^a   Casey, Joan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental justice; Human migration; Mental health; Social support; Social ties

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISASTER; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; REFUGEE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACCULTURATION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; REFUGEES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 85021761233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4508-0     Document Type: Review

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