The health of newly arrived refugees to the Top End of Australia: Results of a clinical audit at the darwin refugee health service

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-247

  Johnston, Vanessa ^a   Smith, Le ^b   Roydhouse, Heather ^c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b General Practice Network NT   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEGRO; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RARE DISEASE; REFUGEE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SHORT STATURE; SKIN INFECTION; TOOTH DISEASE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865005468     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY11065     Document Type: Article

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