Health challenges of young travelers visiting friends and relatives compared with those traveling for other purposes

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 915-919

  Han, Pauline ^a   Yanni, Emad ^a   Jentes, Emily S ^a   Hamer, Davidson H ^b,c   Chen, Lin H ^d,e   Wilson, Mary E ^f   MacLeod, William B ^b   Ooi, Winnie W ^g   Kogelman, Laura ^h   Karchmer, Adolf W ^e,i   Barnett, Elizabeth D ^j  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

travelers; visiting friends and relatives

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEFLOQUINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TYPHOID FEVER; YELLOW FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE; TYPHOID-PARATYPHOID VACCINES; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

EID: 84865505026     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318259efbe     Document Type: Article

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