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. 2011 Sep 6;183(12):E824-925.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090313. Epub 2010 Jun 7.

Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees

Kevin Pottie  1 , Christina Greenaway, John Feightner, Vivian Welch, Helena Swinkels, Meb Rashid, Lavanya Narasiah, Laurence J Kirmayer, Erin Ueffing, Noni E MacDonald, Ghayda Hassan, Mary McNally, Kamran Khan, Ralf Buhrmann, Sheila Dunn, Arunmozhi Dominic, Anne E McCarthy, Anita J Gagnon, Cécile Rousseau, Peter Tugwell; coauthors of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health
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Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees

Kevin Pottie et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 2A:
Figure 2A:
Participant sampling and response rate. *One person was on sabbatical, three were on a leave of absence and one cited workload. Adapted, with permission, from Swinkels and associates.
Figure 3A:
Figure 3A:
Sample logic model for HIV (adapted from US Preventive Services Task Force). Open rectangles designate the potential screening population and patient factors to be considered; shaded rectangles designate interventions and related outcomes; and circles and numbers provide points in the evidence chain that were used to develop the search questions. Note: ARV = antiretroviral, EIA = enzyme immunoassay.
Figure 9A:
Figure 9A:
Estimated worldwide prevalence of hepatitis C, 1999. Based on data from the World Health Organization.
Figure 10A:
Figure 10A:
Number of immigrants and refugees screened for strongyloidiasis by birth country, as identified in our review of the medical literature between 1988 and 2010.
Figure 11A:
Figure 11A:
Map of migrant source countries with overlay of malaria endemicity. Based on data from the 2006 Census of Canada and the World Health Organization.
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