General physicians do not take adequate travel histories

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 271-274

  Price, Victoria A ^a   Smith, Rachel A S ^a   Douthwaite, Sam ^b   Thomas, Sherine ^a   Almond, D Solomon ^a   Miller, Alastair R O ^a   Beeching, Nicholas J ^a   Thompson, Gail ^a,c   Ustianowski, Andrew ^b   Beadsworth, Mike B J ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; RASH; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VOMITING;

ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TRAVEL;

EID: 79959987197     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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