Immigrant health, our health

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 92-95

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS;

EID: 84906273516     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku108     Document Type: Review

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