Human cargo: Health conditions of chinese migrants interdicted offshore by U.S. authorities

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-39

  Schneider, Diana L ^a,d   Steiner, Robert ^a   Romaine, Joan ^b,c  

^a Bureau of Primary Health Care   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^d U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese migrants; Illegal migrants; International health; Mass influx; Migrant health

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EAR DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INJURY; MASS SCREENING; MYCOSIS; PAIN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; SCABIES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRISONER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRISONERS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038351112     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021329021255     Document Type: Article

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