High prevalence of chronic non-communicable conditions among adult refugees: Implications for practice and policy

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1110-1118

  Yun, Katherine ^a,b   Hebrank, Kelly ^c   Graber, Lauren K ^d   Sullivan, Mary Christine ^e   Chen, Isabel ^f   Gupta, Jhumka ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c IRIS Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emigrant and immigrant chronic diseases; Refugees chronic diseases; Refugees epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866742934     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9552-1     Document Type: Article

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