Health advice given by general practitioners for travellers from New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1087, 1999, Pages 158-161

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

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b School of Medicine   (Fiji)

^c Public Health Physician   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRAVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WRITING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORRESPONDENCE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALARIA; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRAVEL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0033553273     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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