Incidence and risk factors of diarrhoea in Dutch travellers: Consequences for priorities in pre-travel health advice

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 896-903

  Cobelens, F G J ^a,c   Leentvaar Kuijpers, A ^b   Kleijnen, J ^a   Coutinho, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Risk factors; Travel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

ADULT; AGED; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031761864     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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