A comparative analysis of methodological approaches used for estimating risk in travel medicine

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-272

  Leder, Karin ^a,b,h   Wilson, Mary E ^c,d,e   Freedman, David O ^f   Torresi, Joseph ^a,g  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPORIATRICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRAVEL;

EID: 47649124482     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00218.x     Document Type: Review

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