Bound for Sydney town: Health surveillance on international cruise vessels visiting the Port of Sydney

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 391-394

  Ferson, Mark J ^a,b   Ressler, Kelly Anne ^a  

^a Southern Sydney Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COOPERATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOROVIRUS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA; SHIP; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 17644401026     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06757.x     Document Type: Article

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