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The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move.

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SUBMITTER: Abubakar I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612863 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move.

Abubakar Ibrahim I Aldridge Robert W RW Devakumar Delan D Orcutt Miriam M Burns Rachel R Barreto Mauricio L ML Dhavan Poonam P Fouad Fouad M FM Groce Nora N Guo Yan Y Hargreaves Sally S Knipper Michael M Miranda J Jaime JJ Madise Nyovani N Kumar Bernadette B Mosca Davide D McGovern Terry T Rubenstein Leonard L Sammonds Peter P Sawyer Susan M SM Sheikh Kabir K Tollman Stephen S Spiegel Paul P Zimmerman Cathy C

Lancet (London, England) 20181205 10164

PMID: 30528486

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The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move.

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The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move.

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