Migration, mobility and the exposure fallacy: An issue for New Zealand [2]

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1180, 2003, Pages

  Houghton, Frank ^a   Kelleher, Kevin ^a   Duncan, Bruce ^b  

^a Mid Western Health Board ^*  (Ireland)

^b TAIRAWHITI DISTRICT HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 25844455396     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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