title: [Immigrants, living conditions and health].
abstract: The number of immigrants to Norway from distant regions has increased steadily since the end of the 1960s. Immigrants pose special problems in their contact with the health services. The article reviews some aspects of the living conditions of immigrants, and the socio-economic factors that determine the migration phenomenon. Immigrants commonly present psychosomatic ailments and an evaluation of such conditions should take into account the above-mentioned background factors.
authors.affiliation: Attføringsseksjonen, Sosialmedisinsk avdeling, Aker sykehus, Oslo.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holtedahl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors