Health monitoring among asylum seekers and refugees: a state-wide, cross-sectional, population-based study in Germany

Abstract Background Health monitoring in Germany falls short on generating timely, reliable and representative data among migrants, especially transient and marginalized groups such as asylum seekers and refugees (ASR). We aim to advance current health monitoring approaches and obtain reliable estim...

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Main Authors: Louise Biddle, Natalja Menold, Martina Bentner, Stefan Nöst, Rosa Jahn, Sandra Ziegler, Kayvan Bozorgmehr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12982-019-0085-2