Health Assessment of Refugee Children in Massachusetts. † 522
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Mental health of refugee children: comparative study.
In 2002, over 110 000 people entered Britain to seek asylum—a 250% increase in five years. Children, who comprise at least a quarter of asylum seekers, are exposed to numerous risk factors for psychological disturbance, including exposure to violence, forced displacement, and multiple losses. 2 The rates of mental health problems in refugee children are uncertain, but the few studies that have ...
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15 صفحه اولLead poisoning among refugee children resettled in Massachusetts, 1995 to 1999.
OBJECTIVE Lead poisoning has been reported among immigrant and refugee populations in the United States; however, prevalences of elevated blood lead (BPb) and risk factors have not been described fully among newly arrived refugee children. This study was conducted to address this lack of data. METHODS We performed analysis of BPb levels among a cohort of refugee children, aged <7 years, who a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199704001-00542