Immigration, social integration and mental health in Norway, with focus on gender differences
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. in Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health
- Vol. 3 (1) , 24
Abstract
Studies have shown that social integration may have a positive as well as a negative effect on the mental health of immigrants, depending on the social circumstances.Keywords
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