Health problems of refugees

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 337-348

  Ackerman, Lani Kay ^a  

^a JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAQ; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIET NAM; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAQ; MALE; MORBIDITY; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIETNAM; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0031230950     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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