Refugee claimant women and barriers to health and social services post-birth

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 286-290

  Merry, Lisa A ^a   Gagnon, Anita J ^a,b   Kalim, Nahid ^c   Bouris, Stephanie S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Emigration and immigration; Postpartum women; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961177833     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404050     Document Type: Article

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