Noncommunicable diseases among urban refugees and asylum-seekers in developing countries: A neglected health care need

Globalization and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Amara, Ahmed H ^a   Aljunid, Syed M ^b,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asylum seeker; Developing countries; Health care; Noncommunicable disease; Refugee; Urban

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; REFUGEE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; AWARENESS; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE EAST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEGLECT; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

MIDDLE EAST;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84897943023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-10-24     Document Type: Review

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