Non-communicable diseases in migrants: An expert review

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Agyemang, Charles ^a   Van Den Born, Bert Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NORTH AFRICAN; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH ASIAN; AFRICA; ASIA; ETHNOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; NORTH AMERICA; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 85062182686     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tay107     Document Type: Review

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