Travel-associated illness in older adults (>60 y)

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-177

  Gautret, Philippe ^a   Gaudart, Jean ^b   Leder, Karin ^c,d   Schwartz, Eli ^e   Castelli, Francesco ^f   Lim, Poh Lian ^g   Murphy, Holly ^h   Keystone, Jay ⁱ   Cramer, Jacob ^j   Shaw, Marc ^k,l   Boddaert, Jacques ^m   Von Sonnenburg, Frank ⁿ   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^g TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h CIWEC Travel Medicine Centre Nepal   (Nepal)

ⁱ TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^k Worldwise Travellers Health and Vaccination Centre   (New Zealand)

^l JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTHROPOD DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHIKUNGUNYA; DEATH; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENCEPHALITIS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INJURY; LARVA MIGRANS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MYIASIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PHLEBITIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIOSIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRAVELLER DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TRAVEL;

EID: 84860259221     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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