Health situation of migrants with precarious status: Review of the literature and implications for the Canadian context - Part A

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 330-344

  Brabant, Zoé ^a   Raynault, Marie France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; Health inequalities; Living conditions; Migrants; Precarious status

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; LIVING STANDARD; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PUBLIC ACCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIGRATION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CANADA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

CANADA;

EID: 84863533368     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2011.592076     Document Type: Review

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