The health profile of newly-arrived refugee women and girls and the role of region of origin: using a population-based dataset in California between 2013 and 2017
Abstract Background There has been an increasing number of refugee women globally; yet, there is little recent data describing the health profile of refugee women by region of origin in the United States. It is important to monitor the health status of women by region of origin to provide needed tar...
Main Authors: | May Sudhinaraset, Nuny Cabanting, Marisa Ramos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-10-01
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Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-1066-3 |
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