Variability in malaria prophylaxis prescribing across Europe: A Delphi method analysis

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 294-301

  Calleri, Guido ^a   Behrens, Ron H ^b   Bisoffi, Zeno ^c   Bjorkman, Anders ^d   Castelli, Francesco ^e   Gascon, Joaquim ^f   Gobbi, Federico ^a   Grobusch, Martin P ^g   Jelinek, Tomas ^h   Schmid, Matthias L ⁱ   Niero, Mauro ^j   Caramello, Pietro ^a  

^a AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ospedale Sacro Cuore   (Italy)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^h Berlin Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

ⁱ NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STANDARD; TRAVEL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AFRICA; ANTIMALARIALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHEMOPREVENTION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EUROPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL;

EID: 53749102294     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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