A profile of travelers - An analysis from a large Swiss travel clinic

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 324-331

  Bühler, Silja ^a   Rüegg, Rolanda ^a   Steffen, Robert ^a   Hatz, Christoph ^a,c   Jaeger, Veronika K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; MEASLES; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; MUMPS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; RABIES; RELATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; SWEDE (PEOPLE); SWISS; SWITZERLAND; TETANUS; THAILAND; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TRAVEL CLINIC; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; EMPORIATRICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PREGNANCY; SWITZERLAND; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84906939248     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12139     Document Type: Article

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