Medical problems encountered among travelers in Bahrain International Airport clinic

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-41

  Al Zurba, Farouq ^a   Saab, Bassem ^b   Musharrafieh, Umaya ^b  

^a Primary Health Care   (Bahrain)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRCRAFT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 33846271071     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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