The impact of migration on the health status of Iranians: An integrative literature review

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shishehgar, Sara ^a   Gholizadeh, Leila ^a   DiGiacomo, Michelle ^a   Davidson, Patricia M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRANIAN PEOPLE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRAN; MALE; MIGRANT;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; IRAN; MALE;

EID: 84939124425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12914-015-0058-7     Document Type: Article

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