Epidemiology of travel-related hospitalization

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 136-141

  Stienlauf, Shmuel ^b   Segal, Gad ^b   Sidi, Yechezkel ^b   Schwartz, Eli ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOREIGN WORKER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRAVEL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 20944446341     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2005.12308     Document Type: Article

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