Travelers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices on prevention of infectious diseases: Results from a pilot study

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-78

  Van Herck, Koen ^a   Zuckerman, Jane ^b   Castelli, Francesco ^c   Van Damme, Pierre ^a   Walker, Eric ^d   Steffen, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038478783     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.31638     Document Type: Article

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