Migrants as a major risk group for imported malaria in European countries

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 106-107

  Schlagenhauf, Patricia ^a   Steffen, Robert ^a   Loutan, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALARIA; MEDLINE; MIGRATION; REFUGEE;

EID: 0037349162     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.31764     Document Type: Article

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