Hepatitis B risks and immunisation coverage amongst Australians travelling to Southeast Asia and East Asia

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 344-349

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Zwar, Nicholas A ^b   Hudson, Bernard J ^a,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MASTA (Australia)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hepatitis B; Risk; Southeast Asia; Travel; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDONESIA; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TELEPHONE; THAILAND; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450277461     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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