Reportable neurologic diseases in refugee camps in 19 countries

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 937-940

  Mateen, Farrah J ^a,b   Carone, Marco ^c   Haskew, Christopher ^d   Spiegel, Paul ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; STROKE;

EID: 84866084491     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318266fcf1     Document Type: Article

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