Assessment of public health issues of migrants at the Greek-Turkish border, April 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Mertens, E ^a,b   Rockenschaub, G ^c   Economopoulou, A ^d   Kreidl, P ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^d Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROWDING; DETENTION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GREECE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIGRATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84855999085     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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