@article{396,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Emigration and Immigration, Epidemiology, Ethiopia, Female, Health Status, Hospitalization, Humans, Israel, Male},
  author = {Nahmias J and Greenberg Z and Berger S A and Hornstein L and Bilgury B and Abel B and Kutner S},
  title = {Health profile of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel: an overview.},
  abstract = {<p>The health profile of two groups of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel was evaluated. Trichophytosis and active trachoma were observed in 5%-8.7% of prepubertal children. Among adults 13% had corneal opacities and 10.4% had cataracts. Goiter, spastic bronchitis, valvular heart disease, leprosy and onchocerciasis were prevalent. Malnutrition was common, with average body weights ranging from 72.4% to 85.2% of normal. Anemia was observed in 6.3% of young children and 70% of all immigrants. Fifty percent of children over 12 years and 98% of adults over 40 years of age had been exposed to hepatitis B virus; 9.8%-11.8% were HBsAg carriers. Tuberculin tests were positive in 9.8%-13%; and intestinal parasites were identified in 86%-98%. Hospitalization was required for 15.7% of immigrants arriving during the period 1978-90, and for 3.7% of those arriving in mid-1991 (Operation Solomon).</p>},
  year = {1993},
  journal = {Israel journal of medical sciences},
  volume = {29},
  pages = {338-43},
  month = {1993 Jun-Jul},
  issn = {0021-2180},
  language = {eng},
}