Asylum seekers: General health status and problems with access to health care

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 634-637

  Sinnerbrink, Ingrid ^a   Silove, Derrick M ^a,d   Manicavasagar, Vijaya L ^b   Steel, Zachary ^a   Field, Annette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c Asylum Seekers Centre   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; PAIN; REFUGEE;

EID: 0029854104     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138671.x     Document Type: Article

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