Population-based survey of travel patterns among Canadians visiting hepatitis A-endemic countries

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 269-273

  De Serres, Gaston ^a,b   Duval, Bernard ^a,b   Shadmani, Ramak ^b   Rouleau, Isabelle ^b   Ouakki, Manale ^b   Naus, Monika ^c   Ward, Brian ^d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; POPULATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAVEL;

ADULT; CANADA; CARIBBEAN REGION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 34447284519     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00126.x     Document Type: Review

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