Does disaster affect immigrant victims more than non-immigrant victims in Dutch general practice: A matched cohort study

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-32

  Soeteman, Rik J H ^a   Yzermans, C Joris ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Peter M M ^a   Dorn, Tina ^a   Kerssens, Jan J ^a   Van Den Bosch, Wil J H M ^b   Van Der Zee, Jouke ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disasters; Ethnicity; General practice; Longitudinal studies; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISASTER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 58349099639     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-008-0197-6     Document Type: Article

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