Illness in returned travellers presenting at GeoSentinel sites in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-86

  Shaw, Marc T M ^a   Leggat, Peter A ^b   Weld, Leisa H ^c   Williams, Megan L ^a   Cetron, Martin S ^c  

^a Worldwise Traveller's Health   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BITE; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONSULTATION; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LARVA MIGRANS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MONONUCLEOSIS; MOTION SICKNESS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKIN DISEASE; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TROPICAL DISEASE; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037284568     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00386.x     Document Type: Article

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