Dr. Nkiruka Emeagwali M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
44 N PLAINS INDUSTRIAL ROAD WALLINGFORD CT, 06492About
Dr. Nkiruka Emeagwali practices Pulmonology in WALLINGFORD, CT. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Emeagwali manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Meharry Medical College 2012
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Characterizing the epidemiological transition in Mexico: national and subnational burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors.
- Parental characteristics and the schooling progress of the children of immigrant and U.S.-born blacks.
- The living arrangements of children of immigrants.
- Familial influences on poverty among young children in black immigrant, U.S.-born black, and nonblack immigrant families.
- Migration processes, familial characteristics, and schooling dropout among black youths.
- Race and school enrollment among the children of African immigrants in the United States.
- The U.S. Diversity Visa Programme and the Transfer of Skills from Africa.
- The human capital characteristics and household living standards of returning international migrants in Eastern and Southern Africa.
- Migration, Household Configurations, and the Well-Being of Adolescent Orphans in Rwanda.
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Education-Occupation Mismatch Status Among Immigrants in South Africa and the United States.
- Family Contexts and Schooling Disruption among Orphans in Post-Genocide Rwanda.
- African female immigration to the United States and its policy implications.
- Sociodemographic determinants of language transitions among the children of French and Spanish-Caribbean immigrants in the US.
- Household context, generational status, and English proficiency among the children of African immigrants in the US.
- Occupational stratification, job-mismatches, and child poverty: understanding the disadvantage of Black immigrants in the US.
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