Refugees
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Brain structural abnormalities and mental health sequelae in South Vietnamese ex-political detainees who survived traumatic head injury and torture.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: A pilot study of South Vietnamese ex-political detainees who had been incarcerated in Vietnamese reeducation camps and resettled in the United States disclosed significant mental health problems associated with torture and traumatic head ... Read more...

[Migration, climate and health]

24 Oct 2009 Many tentative connections have been postulated between migration and climate. This article points to rural-urban migration, particularly into low elevation urban slums prone to flooding as an issue needing urgent attention by health professionals. ... Read more...

[Gastrointestinal symptoms predominant in refugee children with malaria]

12 Sep 2009 We present three cases of malaria in refugee children newly arrived from Sub-saharan Africa. Only one of the three children had fever and all had high parasite loads (2,5-14% parasitemia). Malaria is an important differential diagnosis in refugees ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Refugees'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Brain structural abnormalities and mental health sequelae in South Vietnamese ex-political detainees who survived traumatic head injury and torture. 30 Oct 2009
• [Migration, climate and health] 24 Oct 2009
• [Leprosy in magnetic resonance tomography] 12 Oct 2009
• Genetics without borders. 6 Oct 2009
• UN seeks to boost access to health care for millions of refugees and internally displaced people. 5 Oct 2009
• Forensic science. Scientists decry isotope, DNA testing of 'nationality'. 30 Sep 2009
• Darfuri refugees in Chad have no escape from sexual violence. 28 Sep 2009
• [Gastrointestinal symptoms predominant in refugee children with malaria] 12 Sep 2009
• Resettlement of refugees from Africa and Iraq in Rhode Island: the impact of violence and burden of disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Medical student education in refugee health and the concept of a medical home. 30 Aug 2009
• Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in conflict areas: a study among patients receiving treatment from Lacor Hospital, Uganda. 30 Aug 2009
• Ethnomedical syndromes and treatment-seeking behavior among Mayan refugees in Chiapas, Mexico. 30 Aug 2009
• Gangster, victim or both? The interdiscursive construction of sameness and difference in self-presentations. 30 Aug 2009
• Emergency care in Afghanistan. 30 Aug 2009
• A study of the use and impacts of LifeStraw in a settlement camp in southern Gezira, Sudan. 30 Aug 2009
• Rehabilitating torture survivors. 30 Aug 2009
• Severe mental disorders in complex emergencies. 20 Aug 2009
• [Physicians' attitude towards treating refugee patients] 11 Aug 2009
• Health care for refused asylum seekers: evidence over ideology. 6 Aug 2009
• Association of torture and other potentially traumatic events with mental health outcomes among populations exposed to mass conflict and displacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 3 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Refugees'

Definition: Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution in their own country or habitual residence because of race, religion, or political belief. (Webster, 3d ed)

Descriptor UI: D012036

Alternative terms: Refugees; Refugee; Refugee Camps; Camp, Refugee; Camps, Refugee; Refugee Camp;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: M01.755;

Technical Notes: specify geog