Incidence and spectrum of health problems among travelers to Laos

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 163-168

  Piyaphanee, Watcharapong ^a   Kittitrakul, Chatporn ^a   Lawpoolsri, Saranath ^a   Tangkanakul, Waraluk ^b   Sa Ngiamsak, Nattakrit ^b   Nasok, Piyapong ^b   Wongchai, Sirasit ^b   Ponam, Thitiya ^c   Wichianprasat, Pongdej ^a   Phumratanaprapin, Weerapong ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INSECT REPELLENT; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; TYPHOID VACCINE;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; BITE; BOOK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMPORIATRICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRIEND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LAOS; LENGTH OF STAY; LICKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PHARMACIST; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SWIMMING; TETANUS; THAILAND; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; AGE; COUGH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; EUROPE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAOS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84898833196     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12107     Document Type: Article

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