Estimating infectious disease in UK asylum seekers and refugees: A systematic review of prevalence studies

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 420-428

  Clark, R C ^a   Mytton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Hepatitis B; HIV; Immigration; Refugees; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; REFUGEE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 36248991826     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm063     Document Type: Article

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