Travel and health status: A survey follow-up study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-100

  Fleck, Susanna ^a   Jäger, Helmut ^a   Zeeb, Hajo ^b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Follow up; Survey; Travel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAMPLE; TRAVEL;

ADULT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRAVEL;

EID: 32244441231     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki144     Document Type: Article

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