Travel characteristics and health practices among travellers at the travellers' health and vaccination clinic in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 667-673

  Lee, Vernon J ^a   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Health behaviour; Travel; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHOLERA VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; HEPATITIS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; TYPHOID VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; VACCINATION;

EID: 33751555300     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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