Minority health and small numbers epidemiology: A case study of living conditions and the health of children in 5 foreign Romá camps in Italy

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2035-2041

  Monasta, Lorenzo ^a,e   Andersson, Neil ^b   Ledogar, Robert J ^c   Theol, D ^f   Cockcroft, Anne ^d  

^a Institute for Maternal and Child Health Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

^c Information and Communications University   (United States)

^d Community Information Empowerment and Transparency Europe ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPING; CASE STUDY; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; MOSLEM; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; GIPSY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; MIGRATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SANITATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GYPSIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; ITALY; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOUSING; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 55249105190     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.129734     Document Type: Article

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