Hunger: The silent epidemic among asylum seekers and resettled refugees

International Migration

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-77

  Piwowarczyk, Linda ^a   Keane, Terence M ^a   Lincoln, Alisa ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; ASYLUM SEEKER; BASIC NEEDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUNGER; REFUGEE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849196844     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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