North Korean refugee health in South Korea (NORNS) study: Study design and methods

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Yo Han ^a   Lee, Won Jin ^a   Kim, Yun Jeong ^b   Cho, Myong Jin ^b   Kim, Joo Hyung ^b   Lee, Yun Jeong ^c   Kim, Hee Young ^b   Choi, Dong Seop ^b   Kim, Sin Gon ^b   Robinson, Courtland ^d  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inje University   (South Korea)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; North Korea; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NORTH KOREA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84862813659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-172     Document Type: Article

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