Open AccessMigrants’ Admissions to Hospital: A Retrospective Study in Como from 1994 to 1998
Author(s) -
Domenico Santoro,
Raffaella Visonà,
Luigi Pusterla,
G. M. Vigevani
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.2310/7060.2000.00082
Subject(s) - medicine , immigration , retrospective cohort study , demography , refugee , population , pediatrics , environmental health , surgery , archaeology , sociology , history
International migrants represent only 4.5% of the world's population, but they may become a challenge for host countries. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of this population on health parameters in Como county, on the northern border of Italy.
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