Incidence of health crises in tourists visiting Jamaica, West Indies, 1998 to 2000

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-86

  Thompson, Danielle T ^a   Ashley, David V M ^b   Dockery Brown, Cheryl A ^d   Binns, Alvin ^a   Jolly, Curtis M ^c   Jolly, Pauline E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Epidemiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TOURISM;

EID: 0346665625     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.31628     Document Type: Article

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