Resources utilized by general practitioners for advising travelers from Australia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-18

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Seelan, S Thava ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Parkview Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEW ZEALAND; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 0037221298     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.30666     Document Type: Article

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