Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Japanese travelers on infectious disease risks and immunization uptake

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-175

  Namikawa, Kyoko ^a   Iida, Tadayuki ^b   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^c   Kimura, Mikio ^d  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHOLERA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; JAPANESE; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENINGITIS; POLIOMYELITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; USSR; YELLOW FEVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951222425     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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