Multimorbidity and chronic diseases among undocumented migrants: evidence to contradict the myths
Abstract Background There is little verified information on the global health status of undocumented migrants (UMs). Our aim is to compare the prevalence of the main chronic diseases and of multimorbidity in undocumented migrants, documented migrants, and Spanish nationals in a Spanish autonomous co...
Main Authors: | Luis Andrés Gimeno-Feliu, Marta Pastor-Sanz, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Esperanza Díaz, Alexandra Prados-Torres |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-07-01
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Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-020-01225-0 |
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