Comparison of knowledge on travel related health risks and their prevention among humanitarian aid workers and other travellers consulting at the Institut Pasteur travel clinic in Paris, France

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 364-372

  Goesch, Julia N ^a   Simons De Fanti, Angle ^a   Béchet, Stéphane ^a   Consigny, Paul Henri ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Health knowledge; Humanitarian; Infectious diseases; Travel medicine; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; CONSULTATION; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 78649640887     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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