Diarrhea and respiratory symptoms among travelers to Asia, Africa, and South and Central America from Scotland

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 203-211

  Redman, Christopher Allan ^a   MacLennan, Alice ^a,b   Wilson, Eleanor ^a,b   Walker, Eric ^a,b  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TOURISM; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAVEL;

EID: 33745957805     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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