International travel and exposure risks in solid-organ transplant recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-412

  Uslan, Daniel Z ^a   Patel, Robin ^b   Virk, Abinash ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization; Infection; Transplantation; Travel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; TRAVEL;

EID: 52049083753     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31817c0673     Document Type: Article

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