Comparative study of infectious diseases in immigrant children from various countries;Estudio comparativo de la patología infecciosa en niños inmigrantes de distintas procedencias

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-21

  Huerga Aramburu, H ^a   Lopez Velez R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Communicable diseases; Immigrants; Parasitology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HELMINTH; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MYCOSIS; PARASITOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; TOXOCARIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 12144288945     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13056006     Document Type: Article

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