Hospitalisation among immigrants in Italy

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cacciani, Laura ^a   Baglio, Giovanni ^a   Rossi, Lorenza ^a   Materia, Enrico ^a   Marceca, Maurizio ^a   Geraci, Salvatore ^b   Spinelli, Angela ^a   Osborn, John ^c   Guasticchi, Gabriella ^a  

^a Agency for Public Health   (Italy)

^b Caritas Diocesana of Rome   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDUCED ABORTION; INFECTION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; ITALY; PARASITOSIS; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 33745110295     PISSN: 17427622     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-3-4     Document Type: Article

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