Health status of newly arrived refugees in Toronto, Ont: Part 1: Infectious diseases;État de santé des nouveaux réfugiés à Toronto, en Ontario: Partie 1: maladies infectieuses

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Redditt, Vanessa J ^a   Janakiram, Praseedha ^a   Graziano, Daniela ^b   Rashid, Meb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; CANADA; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; EUROPE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGARY; INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEMATODIASIS; NIGERIA; NORTH KOREA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITOSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REFUGEE; REFUGEE CAMP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRONGYLOIDES INFECTION; SYPHILIS; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938066438     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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