Health status of newly arrived refugees in Toronto, Ont: Part 2: Chronic diseases;État de santé des nouveaux réfugiés à Toronto, en Ontario: Partie 2: maladies chroniques

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANEMIA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ASIA; CANADA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NORTH KOREA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANEMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938069579     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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