Development and validation of an instrument to assess the risk of developing viral infections in Australian travelers during international travel

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 262-270

  Ratnam, Irani ^a   Torresi, Joseph ^a   Matchett, Elizabeth ^a   Pollissard, Laurence ^b   Luxemburg, Christine ^b   Lemoh, Chris Numa ^a,c   Black, James Francis Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERVIEW; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM; TRAVEL;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DENGUE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL RECALL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TRAVEL; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 79959991340     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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