The health profile and chronic diseases comorbidities of us-bound iraqi refugees screened by the international organization for migration in Jordan: 2007-2009

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Yanni, Emad A ^a   Naoum, Marwan ^b   Odeh, Nedal ^b   Han, Pauline ^a   Coleman, Margaret ^a   Burke, Heather ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic disease comorbidities; Consanguinity; Diabetes; Hereditary blood disorders; Hypertension; Iraqi refugees; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAQ; JORDAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYPHILIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IRAQ; JORDAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFUGEES; SYPHILIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872607663     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9578-6     Document Type: Article

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