Illnesses among recently immigrated children

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-83

  Schwarzwald, Heidi ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMEBIASIS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17044408696     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.spid.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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