Frequency of Infectious Diseases in Immigrants in a Western European Country: A Population-Based Study

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-75

  Limina, Rosa Maria ^a   Baitelli, Guglielmino ^c   Marcantoni, Claudio ^b   Covolo, Loredana ^a   Festa, Andrea ^a   Speziani, Fabrizio ^c   Vassallo, Francesco ^c   Scarcella, Carmelo ^c   Donato, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c Brescia Local Health Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Immigrants; Infectious diseases; Native and foreign born people; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84958059498     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9888-3     Document Type: Article

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