Training, experience and interest of general practitioners in travel medicine in New Zealand

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 60-65

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Heydon, John L ^b   Menon, Arun ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Kunde Hospital   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032975503     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1999.tb00833.x     Document Type: Article

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