The association between subjective and clinical indicators of health in prospective Vietnamese migrants

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-50

  Watkins, R E ^a   Plant, A J ^a   Sang, D ^b   O'Rourke, T F ^c   Eltom, A A ^c   Streeton, J ^d   Gushulak, B ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

^d Citizenship and Immigration Canada ^*

^e Citizenship and Immigration Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Health status; Migrant; Self report; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244473944     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950501700111     Document Type: Article

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