Self-reported symptoms of infection among travelers departing from sydney and bangkok airports

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Heywood, Anita E ^a   Watkins, Rochelle E ^b   Pattanasin, Sarika ^c   Iamsirithaworn, Sopon ^c   Nilvarangkul, Kessarawan ^d   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPORIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TRAVELER INFECTION;

AUSTRALIA; AVIATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 77954373185     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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