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Health care utilization for acute illnesses in an urban setting with a refugee population in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND: Estimates place the number of refugees in Nairobi over 100,000. The constant movement of refugees between countries of origin, refugee camps, and Nairobi poses risk of introduction and transmission of communicable diseases into Kenya. We assessed the care-seeking behavior of residents of...

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Autores principales:	Mohamed, Abdinoor Haji, Dalal, Warren, Nyoka, Raymond, Burke, Heather, Ahmed, Jamal, Auko, Erick, Shihaji, Wilbert, Ndege, Irene, Breiman, Robert F, Eidex, Rachel B
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021024/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885336 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-200

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