Health status of pediatric refugees in Portland, Me

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 564-568

  Hayes, Edward B ^a,c   Talbot, Susan B ^b   Matheson, Elizabeth S ^b   Pressler, Hannah M ^b   Hanna, Amina B ^b   McCarthy, Carol A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031868760     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.6.564     Document Type: Article

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