Refugee youth - Immunisation status and GP attendance

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 568-570

  Thomas, Paul ^a   Milne, Bronwyn ^b   Raman, Shanti ^c   Shah, Smita ^d  

^a NSW Refugee Health Service   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (Randwick)   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MIGRATION; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; REFUGEES;

EID: 34547758469     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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