Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding epidemiology and management of travelers' diarrhea: A survey of front-line providers in Iraq and Afghanistan

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 492-495

  Riddle, Mark S ^a   Tribble, David R ^b   Jobanputra, Nishith K ^c   Jones, James J ^d   Putnam, Shannon D ^e   Frenck, Robert W ^f   Sanders, John W ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit No 7   (Italy)

^d Army Central Command Troop Medical Clinic   (Qatar)

^e US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LOPERAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSENTERY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SHIGELLA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 20444496977     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.6.492     Document Type: Review

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