Estimating the risk of communicable diseases aboard cargo ships

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 402-406

  Schlaich, Clara C ^a   Oldenburg, Marcus ^a   Lamshöft, Maike M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIP;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS; TRAVEL;

EID: 70449452959     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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