Trends in the knowledge, attitudes and practices of travel risk groups toward prevention of hepatitis B: Results from the repeated cross-sectional Dutch Schiphol Airport Survey 2002-2009

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-158

  Van Genderen, Perry J J ^a,b   Van Thiel, Pieter P A M ^c   Mulder, Paul G H ^d   Overbosch, D ^a,b  

^a Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b Havenziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude; Hepatitis; Knowledge; Practice; Travel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW RISK POPULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; AGED; AIRPORT; AVIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AIR TRAVEL; AIRPORTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 84898601001     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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