The basic principles of migration health: Population mobility and gaps in disease prevalence

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gushulak, Brian D ^a,b   MacPherson, Douglas W ^a,b,c  

^a Migration Health Consultants Inc   (Austria)

^b Migration Health Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 33746323625     PISSN: 17427622     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-3-3     Document Type: Review

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