Refugees in Australia: Changing faces, changing needs

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 587-588

  Smith, Mitchell M ^a  

^a NSW Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; RUBELLA VACCINE;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MASS SCREENING; MEASLES; MOUTH HYGIENE; MUMPS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PARASITISM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; RUBELLA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; UNITED NATIONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33846038821     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00718.x     Document Type: Editorial

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