Descriptive epidemiology of travel-associated diarrhea based on surveillance data at narita international airport

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-110

  Hachiya, Masahiko ^a,b   Kikuchi, Hitoshi ^a   Mizoue, Tetsuya ^b  

^a Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AFRICA; POLYNESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 77649247948     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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