Airline crews' risk for malaria on layovers in urban sub-Saharan Africa: Risk assessment and appropriate prevention policy

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 359-363

  Byrne, Neville J ^a   Behrens, Ron H ^b  

^a BRITISH AIRWAYS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LEISURE; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN PROTECTION; TOURISM; UNITED KINGDOM; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 10344263364     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.19204     Document Type: Article

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