Poor uptake of primary healthcare registration among recent entrants to the UK: A retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Stagg, Helen R ^a   Jones, Jane ^a   Bickler, Graham ^b   Abubakar, Ibrahim ^a,c  

^a Health Protection Services   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865111653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001453     Document Type: Article

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