The neglected health of international migrant workers in the COVID-19 epidemic

Affiliations

¹ Global and Community Mental Health Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region 999078, China.
² Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Southern Medical University Institute for Global Health and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
³ Indonesian Migrant Worker's Union, Macau Special Administrative Region, China.
⁴ Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ Global and Community Mental Health Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region 999078, China; Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: brianhall@um.edu.mo.

Andrian Liem et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;7(4):e20.

doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30076-6. Epub 2020 Feb 19.

¹ Global and Community Mental Health Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region 999078, China.
² Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Southern Medical University Institute for Global Health and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
³ Indonesian Migrant Worker's Union, Macau Special Administrative Region, China.
⁴ Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ Global and Community Mental Health Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region 999078, China; Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: brianhall@um.edu.mo.

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