Health risks among travelers - Need for regular updates

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 145-146

  Steffen, Robert ^a   Amitirigala, Isis ^a   Mutsch, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS; POLIOMYELITIS; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 44249106822     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00198.x     Document Type: Editorial

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