Prevalence of selected preventable and treatable diseases among government-assisted refugees: Implications for primary care providers

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1928-1934

  Pottie, Kevin ^a,b   Janakiram, Praseedha ^b   Topp, Patricia ^c,d   McCarthy, Anne ^b,e  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Immigrant Health Visiting Friends and Relatives Program

^d CT Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre

^e Adult Infectious Diseases Training Program

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; REFUGEE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CANADA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 38449088440     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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