Populations at special health risk: Migrants

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 233-241

  Razum, O ^a   Samkange Zeeb, F ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Medical Biostatistics Epidemiology and Informatics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Access to health services; Aging; Brain drain; Gender; Healthy migrant effect; Infectious disease; Irregular migration; Migration; Reproductive health; Socioeconomic status; Work migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874955097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00088-5     Document Type: Chapter

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