A survey of asylum seekers' general practice service utilisation and morbidity patterns

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  McMahon, Julie ^b   Murphy, Andrew W ^a   Cantillon, Peter ^b   Avalos, Gloria ^b   MacFarlane, Anne ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VACCINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547559584     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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