Health screening for Gurkha families in UK by chest X-ray, Heaf and blood testing: is it worthwhile?

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.