Targeting public health events on ships

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 207-209

  Schlaich, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SHIP;

CHICKENPOX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; NAVAL MEDICINE; RUBELLA; SHIPS;

EID: 84863649165     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00615.x     Document Type: Review

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