Health Assessment of Iraqi Immigrants

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 69-74

  Jamil, Hikmet ^a   Nassar Mc Millan, Sylvia ^b   Lambert, Richard G ^c   Hammad, Adnan ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846039490     PISSN: 15562948     EISSN: 15562956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J500v04n04_06     Document Type: Article

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