Health problems among international travellers: From a subtropical region to tropical and non-tropical regions

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 201-204

  Pai, Hsiu Hua ^a   Lai, Jin Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Subtropical regions; Travel health; Tropical regions

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFECTION; INSECT BITE; JAPAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACAO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SORE THROAT; TAIWAN; TELEPHONE; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TROPICS; VIET NAM; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 45049085403     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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