The United Kingdom's experience of providing health care for refugees: Time for international standards?

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-74

  Hargreaves, Sally ^a   Holmes, Alison ^a   Friedland, Jon S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; REFUGEE; STANDARD; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037350878     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.31635     Document Type: Editorial

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