Health status and disease burden of unaccompanied asylum-seeking adolescents in Bielefeld, Germany: cross-sectional pilot study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 210-218

  Marquardt, L ^a   Kramer A ^a   Fischer, F ^a   Prufer Kramer L ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Travel Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

immigrant health; infections in refugees; mental health; physical health; refugee minors; unaccompanied asylum seeking adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE CLASS; ANEMIA; ASYLUM SEEKER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTIVITY; IRON; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE; REFUGEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING;

BIELEFELD; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 84983187995     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12649     Document Type: Article

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