Travel-related health problems of Hong Kong residents: Assessing the need for travel medicine services

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 324-331

  Abdullah, Abu Saleh M ^a,b   Hamer, Davidson H ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Health problems; Travel medicine; Travellers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINESE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMPORIATRICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN DISEASE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 33750710707     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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