The health of people in Australian immigration detention centres

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Green, Janette P ^a   Eagar, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DETENTION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949879964     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03419.x     Document Type: Article

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