Travel medicine for Asian travelers-Do we need new approaches?

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 335-337

  Piyaphanee, Watcharapong ^a   Steffen, Robert ^b   Shlim, David R ^c   Gherardin, Tony ^d   Chatterjee, Santanu ^e  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Jackson Hole Travel and Tropical Medicine   (United States)

^d Travel Doctor   (Australia)

^e Wellesley Medicentre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ASIAN; AWARENESS; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIPHTHERIA; EMPORIATRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MALARIA; MEASLES; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUMPS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; RABIES; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; TETANUS; TYPHOID FEVER;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 84871288986     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00661.x     Document Type: Review

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