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Medical Examination (for Immigration)

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  1. Department of History, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

    John Welshman

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  1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Sana Loue

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Martha Sajatovic

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Welshman, J. (2012). Medical Examination (for Immigration). In: Loue, S., Sajatovic, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5659-0_494

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