A comparison of travel related ID admissions in Glasgow: (1985; 1998/99)

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 49-51

  Cossar, Jonathan H ^a   Wilson, E ^a   Kennedy, D H ^b   Walker, E ^a  

^a Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospitalisation costs; Infectious diseases; Inpatient demographics; Malaria; Travel related admissions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037620403     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693300304800207     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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3. Office for National Statistics. MQ 6: Overseas travel and tourism. Table 8A. London: The Stationery Office, 1986:13.
4. Ibid. Tables 14; 18. 1999: 16, 20.
5. The Public Health Laboratory Service, Malaria Reference Laboratory. Personal communication.
6. The Scottish Health Service Costs Book. Edinburgh: Information & Statistics Division National Health Service in Scotland, 1999: 92.
7. Registrar General for Scotland Annual Report 1985: p26. Edinburgh: HMSO.
8. Ibid. 1999: p20.