Human trafficking and health: A cross-sectional survey of NHS professionals' contact with victims of human trafficking

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Ross, Claire ^a   Dimitrova, Stoyanka ^b   Howard, Louise M ^a   Dewey, Michael ^a   Zimmerman, Cathy ^b   Oram, Siân ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84941550782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008682     Document Type: Article

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