Refugees and health care - the need for data: Understanding the health of government-assisted refugees in Canada through a prospective longitudinal cohort

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-272

  Gabriel, Patricia S ^a,b   Morgan Jonker, Cecily ^a   Phung, Charlene M W ^c   Barrios, Rolando ^c   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Health services; Longitudinal studies; Prospective studies; Refugees; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961200832     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404047     Document Type: Article

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