Morbidity in Subsaharian immigrants in an urban area [1];Morbilidad en inmigrantes Subsaharianos en un área urbana

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 437-438

  Lagares Serrano, Dolores ^a   Mora Arias, José Ignacio ^a  

^a Unidad de Atencion al Inmigrante   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITOSIS; PRURITUS; SENEGAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 2442480909     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13059532     Document Type: Letter

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