Health status and access to health care of migrant workers in China

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-197

  Hesketh, Therese ^a   Ye, Xue Jun ^b   Lu, Li ^b   Wang, Hong Mei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIGRANT WORKER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SYPHILIS; URBAN POPULATION; WORKING TIME; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SYPHILIS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 44049088586     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300211     Document Type: Article

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