Meeting the health needs of migrant workers affected by the tsunami: Burmese migrant workers in Thailand are a vulnerable group

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 0489-0490

  Wilson, David ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGRICULTURE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DISASTER PLANNING; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; REFUGEE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SYPHILIS; THAILAND; VACCINATION; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 22144494704     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020176     Document Type: Short Survey

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