Erratum: Acute health problems in African refugees: Ten years' experience in a Swiss emergency department (Wien Klin Wochenschr (2012) 124 (647-652) DOI: 10.1007/s00508-012-0227-9);Acute health problems in African refugees: Ten years' experience in a swiss emergency department

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 124, Issue 17-18, 2012, Pages 647-652

  Pfortmueller, Carmen A ^a   Graf, Fabienne ^a   Tabarra, Malek ^a   Lindner, Gregor ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asylum seeker; Health care use

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERITREA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOROCCO; NIGERIA; REFUGEE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMALIA; SWITZERLAND; TUNISIA;

EID: 84866736288     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-013-0410-7     Document Type: Erratum

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