Risk assessment and disease prevention in travelers visiting friends and relatives

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-65

  Angell, Sonia Y ^a   Behrens, Ron H ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BCG VACCINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE;

CHICKENPOX; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FRIEND; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATIVE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION;

EID: 13444311944     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2004.11.001     Document Type: Review

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