A retrospective study of demographic parameters and major health referrals among Afghan refugees in Iran

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Otoukesh, Salman ^a   Mojtahedzadeh, Mona ^a   Sherzai, Dean ^b   Behazin, Arash ^c   Bazargan Hejazi, Shahrzad ^a   Bazargan, Mohsen ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNHCR   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health status; Refugee

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

IRAN;

EID: 84871186623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-82     Document Type: Review

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