Epidemiology and burden of hepatitis a, malaria, and typhoid in New York city associated with travel: Implications for public health policy

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1249-1252

  Adamson, Rosemary ^a   Reddy, Vasudha ^b   Jones, Lucretia ^b   Antwi, Mike ^b   Bregman, Brooke ^b   Weiss, Don ^b   Phillips, Michael ^a   Horowitz, Harold W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953563699     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.178335     Document Type: Article

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