Diseases and injuries associated with travel among students, employees and teachers of the Central University of Venezuela during the national summer vacations

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Risquez, Alejandro ^a   Marrero, Aiskel ^b   Naranjo, Niurka ^b   Palacios, Yanine ^b   Rossomando, Maria T ^b   Rodriguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INJURY; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; TEACHER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL; TROPICS; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VACCINATION; VENEZUELA; YELLOW FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FACULTY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; TRAVEL; UNIVERSITIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 76949104812     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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