Post-arrival health screening in Karen refugees in Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Paxton, Georgia A ^a   Sangster, Katrina J ^a   Maxwell, Ellen L ^b   McBride, Catherine R J ^c   Drewe, Ross H ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^c ISIS Primary Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; VACCINE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROCYTOSIS; MUMPS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; STATISTICS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RUBELLA; SCHISTOSOMA; STRONGYLOIDES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION DISORDERS; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861722485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038194     Document Type: Article

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