The challenges of disease risk ascertainment using accessible data sources for numbers of travelers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 296-302

  Behrens, Ronald H ^a,b   Carroll, Bernadette ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHINA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; RESIDENT; SINGAPORE; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED NATIONS; VIET NAM;

AIR TRAVEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84883461556     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12062     Document Type: Article

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