Dangerous crossing: Demographic and clinical features of rescued sea migrants seen in 2014 at an outpatient clinic at Augusta Harbor, Italy

Conflict and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Trovato, Alessia ^a   Reid, Anthony ^b   Takarinda, Kudakwashe C ^c   Montaldo, Chiara ^a   Decroo, Tom ^b   Owiti, Philip ^d   Bongiorno, Francesco ^e   Di Carlo, Stefano ^a  

^a Medici Senza Frontiere Italia ^*  (Italy)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^d ACADEMIC MODEL PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AMPATH   (Kenya)

^e Assessorato Salute Regione Sicilia (Local Ministry of Health)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health status; Hospital referrals; Operational Research; Sea Migrants; SORT IT; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974588532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-016-0080-y     Document Type: Article

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