**Author details**

Chika Ejike

Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America

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*Health Seeking Behaviors among Displaced Populations/Refugees DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97403*

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