The visiting friends or relatives traveler in the 21st century: Time for a new definition

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-170

  Barnett, Elizabeth D ^a   MacPherson, Douglas W ^b,c   Stauffer, William M ^d   Loutan, Louis ^e   Hatz, Christoph F ^f,g   Matteelli, Alberto ^h   Behrens, Ron H ⁱ  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Migration Health Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRIEND; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PEER REVIEW; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAVEL; VISITING FRIENDS OR RELATIVES TRAVELER; FAMILY; FEMALE; MALE; MIGRATION; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951248370     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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