Demographic characteristics, reasons for medical consultation and morbidity in the community of African immigrants for the Catalonian County of Maresme, Spain;Caracterización demográfica, motivos de consulta y morbilidad prevalente en la comunidad de inmigrantes africanos de la comarca del Maresme

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 215-217

  Roca Saumell, Carmen ^a   Balanzó Fernández, Xavier ^c   Fernández Roure, Josep Lluís ^b   Pujol Ribera, Enriqueta ^b   Corachán Cuyás, Manuel ^b  

^a MEDICINA FAMILIAR Y COMUNITARIA   (Spain)

^b DAP de Sant Martí ^*

^c Hosp Consorci Sanitari de Mataro   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICA, WESTERN; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 0033585636     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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