Knowledge and use of measures to reduce health risks by corporate expatriate employees in western Ghana

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-242

  Hamer, Davidson H ^a,b   Ruffing, Ronald ^c   Callahan, Michael V ^d,e   Lyons, Stephen H ^e,f   Abdullah, Abu Saleh M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Airlift One   (United States)

^f Santa Fe Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CHLOROQUINE PLUS PROGUANIL; DOXYCYCLINE; DRINKING WATER; MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONDOM; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47649099594     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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