Health issues in newly arrived Afican refugees attending general practice clinics in Melbourne

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 602-606

  Tiong, Albert C D ^a   Patel, Mahomed S ^a   Gardiner, Joanne ^b   Ryan, Rowena ^b   Linton, Karen S ^c   Walker, Kate A ^c,d   Scopel, John ^e   Biggs, Beverly Ann ^d  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b Darebin Community Health Centre   (Australia)

^c Western Region Health Centre   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Footscray Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; RETINOL; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEGRO; OPTICAL DENSITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PREGNANCY; REFUGEE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIOPATHY; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYPHILIS; TOOTH DISEASE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33846093185     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00724.x     Document Type: Article

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