Access to healthcare for undocumented migrants with communicable diseases in Germany: A quantitative study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 582-586

  Mylius, Maren ^a   Frewer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COUNSELING; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84939634057     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv023     Document Type: Article

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