Population movements and emerging diseases

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 183-186

  Wilson, Mary E ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC SELECTION; INFECTION; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW; TRAVEL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0031405270     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1997.tb00817.x     Document Type: Review

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