A cross-sectional study of pre-travel health-seeking practices among travelers departing Sydney and Bangkok airports

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Heywood, Anita E ^a   Watkins, Rochelle E ^b   Iamsirithaworn, Sopon ^c   Nilvarangkul, Kessarawan ^d   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRPORTS; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; THAILAND; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860339682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-321     Document Type: Article

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