Excessive alcohol consumption increases risk taking behaviour in travellers to Cusco, Peru

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Cabada, Miguel M ^a,b   Mozo, Karen ^c   Pantenburg, Birte ^b   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Alcohol intoxication; Peru; Risk taking; STI; Travel

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERU; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STREET DRUGS; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 79955467202     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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