title: Health screening for Gurkha families in UK by chest X-ray, Heaf and blood testing: is it worthwhile?
abstract: This paper reports the chest X-rays, Heaf tests and haematology findings on a population of Gurkha wives and their children who arrived in the UK to accompany their husbands on an army base in 1997-8. The conclusions from this study are that there is no benefit from performing chest X-rays, but that screening for rubella and iron deficiency anaemia should continue.
authors.affiliation: Primary & Community Care, British Forces Germany Health Service, BFPO 40. starlight@bfgnet.de
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Everest
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D017046:Cost Savings; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006403:Hematologic Tests / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008400:Mass Chest X-Ray / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D008889:Military Personnel; D009390:Nepal / Q000208:ethnology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom