Migrant's access to immunization in Mediterranean Countries

Health Policy

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-24

  Riccardo, Flavia ^a   Dente, Maria Grazia ^a   Kojouharova, Mira ^b   Fabiani, Massimo ^a   Alfonsi, Valeria ^a   Kurchatova, Anna ^b   Vladimirova, Nadezhda ^b   Declich, Silvia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

EpiSouth; Health Services Accessibility; Immunization; Mediterranean Region; Transients and Migrants

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BULGARIA; CROATIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; CYPRUS; FRANCE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; ISRAEL; ITALY; JORDAN; LEBANON; LINGUISTICS; MALTA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIGRATION; MOROCCO; PALESTINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANIA; SERBIA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84858282231     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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