Pretravel health preparation among us residents traveling to India to vfrs: Importance of ethnicity in defining VFRs

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-118

  Baggett, Henry C ^a,c   Graham, Susan ^a   Kozarsky, Phyllis E ^a   Gallagher, Nancy ^a   Blumensaadt, Sena ^b   Bateman, John ^b   Edelson, Paul J ^b   Arguin, Paul M ^b   Steele, Stefanie ^a   Russell, Michelle ^b   Reed, Christie ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; TYPHOID-PARATYPHOID VACCINES; UNITED STATES; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

EID: 63049138718     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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