Pre-travel health advice-seeking behavior among US International travelers Departing from Boston Logan International Airport

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 387-391

  Larocque, Regina C ^a   Rao, Sowmya R ^a,b   Tsibris, Athe ^a   Lawton, Thomas ^a   Anita Barry, M ^c   Marano, Nina ^d,e   Brunette, Gary ^d   Yanni, Emad ^d   Ryan, Edward T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERNET; LEISURE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AVIATION; BOSTON; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349252627     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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