01568nas a2200325   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001100070653001500081653003100096653001100127653001600138653001100154653003500165653000900200653000900209653002700218653002700245653001700272653001200289653002500301100001900326700001500345245014400360300001000504490000600514520070800520022001401228       1983                            d  c1983 Dec10aAdolescent10aAnemia10aCalifornia10aEmigration and Immigration10aFemale10aHepatitis B10aHumans10aIntestinal Diseases, Parasitic10aLaos10aMale10aResidential Facilities10aSchool Health Services10aTuberculosis10aVietnam10aVocational Education1 aGoldenring J M1 aCastle G F00aPrevalence of disease in Southeast Asian teenagers. Results of screening medical examination at a residential vocational training facility.  a266-90 v43 a<p>Findings on health screening of immigrant Southeast Asian adolescents enrolled at a Federally funded vocational training facility were reviewed for the years 1979-1982. History of or positive skin test for tuberculosis was found in 55%. A heavy parasite burden was found in 46% of the recent Laotian immigrants, but was infrequent in Vietnamese who had been in the United States for several months before testing. Anemia was found in only 5.5%, though an additional 6.5% had findings suggestive of Thalasemia trait. Hepatitis B surface antigen positivity occurred in 16.8% but none had abnormal liver enzymes. One case of leprosy and three cases of idiopathic microscopic hematuria were detected.</p>  a0197-0070