Remigration of migrants with severe disease: Myth or reality? - A register-based cohort study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-89

  Norredam, Marie ^a,b   Hansen, Oluf Hoejbjerg ^a   Petersen, Jørgen Holm ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^c   Kristiansen, Maria ^a   Krasnik, Allan ^a   Agyemang, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84922469340     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku138     Document Type: Article

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