Open AccessEstimating infectious disease in UK asylum seekers and refugees: a systematic review of prevalence studies
Author(s) -
Rachel Clark,
Julie Mytton
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdm063
Subject(s) - refugee , medicine , prevalence , population , generalizability theory , tuberculosis , environmental health , public health , epidemiology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , demography , disease , pathology , geography , psychology , sociology , developmental psychology , archaeology
The prevalence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), HIV and hepatitis B in the UK asylum seeker and refugee population is currently uncertain.