Travel medicine research priorities: Establishing an evidence base

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 410-415

  Talbot, Elizabeth A ^a   Chen, Lin H ^b,c   Sanford, Christopher ^d   McCarthy, Anne ^e   Leder, Karin ^f,g  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPORIATRICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PORTUGAL; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 78349277265     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00466.x     Document Type: Review

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