Infectious diseases on cruise ships

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 737-744

  Minooee, Arézou ^a   Rickman, Leland S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SHIP; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 0033503675     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520426     Document Type: Review

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