Effect of maximizing a travel medicine clinic's prevention strategies

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 332-337

  Horvath, Lynn L ^a   Murray, Clinton K ^a   Dooley, David P ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONSULTATION; COUNSELING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; TRAVEL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 30944464000     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2005.12606     Document Type: Article

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