Short report: Health risks in travelers to China: The GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2008 Beijing olympics

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-8

  Davis, Xiaohong M ^a   MacDonald, Susan ^b   Borwein, Sarah ^c   Freedman, David O ^d   Kozarsky, Phyllis E ^e   Von Sonnenburg, Frank ^f   Keystone, Jay S ^g   Lim, Poh Lian ^h   Marano, Nina ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Beijing United Family Hospital   (China)

^c 3F Baskerville House   (Hong Kong)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e MOT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHINA; DOG BITE; EMPORIATRICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INJURY; PARASITOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 46849102984     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.4     Document Type: Article

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