Lead exposures in US children, 2008: implications for prevention

R Levin, MJ Brown, ME Kashtock… - Environmental …, 2008 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Objective We reviewed the sources of lead in the environments of US children, contributions
to children's blood lead levels, source elimination and control efforts, and existing federal …

[HTML][HTML] The basic principles of migration health: population mobility and gaps in disease prevalence

BD Gushulak, DW MacPherson - Emerging themes in epidemiology, 2006 - Springer
Currently, migrants and other mobile individuals, such as migrant workers and asylum
seekers, are an expanding global population of growing social, demographic and political …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees

K Pottie, C Greenaway, J Feightner, V Welch… - Cmaj, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
Health: Deborah Assayag, Elizabeth Barnett, Jennifer Blake, Beverly Brockest, Giovani
Burgos, Glenn Campbell, Andrea Chambers, Angie Chan, Maryann Cheetham, Walter …

[HTML][HTML] Healthcare barriers of refugees post-resettlement

MD Morris, ST Popper, TC Rodwell, SK Brodine… - Journal of community …, 2009 - Springer
The majority of refugees spend the greater part of their lives in refugee camps before
repatriation or resettlement to a host country. Limited resources and stress during residence …

Travel medicine considerations for North American immigrants visiting friends and relatives

N Bacaner, B Stauffer, DR Boulware, PF Walker… - Jama, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
ContextIn the United States, 10% of the population was born outside of its borders.
Immigrants and their children frequently return to visit their homeland, referred to as visiting …

Entamoeba histolytica: an update

W Stauffer, JI Ravdin - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Entamoeba histolytica: an update : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases Entamoeba histolytica:
an update : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases Log in or Register Subscribe to …

Postpartum health, service needs, and access to care experiences of immigrant and Canadian‐born women

W Sword, S Watt, P Krueger - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal …, 2006 - Elsevier
Objective To describe immigrant women's postpartum health, service needs, access to
services, and service use during the first 4 weeks following hospital discharge compared to …

Healthcare challenges from the developing world: post-immigration refugee medicine

KM Adams, LD Gardiner, N Assefi - Bmj, 2004 - bmj.com
Worldwide, there are approximately 13 million refugees and asylum seekers. 1 Flight of
refugees often occurs in the setting of war, famine, or human rights violations, resulting from …

Comparison of blood smear, antigen detection, and nested-PCR methods for screening refugees from regions where malaria is endemic after a malaria outbreak in …

M Ndao, E Bandyayera, E Kokoskin… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The importation of malaria into a region where it is not endemic raises many concerns,
including the timely delivery of appropriate care, safety of the blood supply, and the risk of …

Tuberculosis: evidence review for newly arriving immigrants and refugees

C Greenaway, A Sandoe, B Vissandjee, I Kitai… - Cmaj, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The foreign-born population bears a disproportionate health burden from
tuberculosis, with a rate of active tuberculosis 20 times that of the non-Aboriginal Canadian …