International travel in the immunocompromised patient: A cross-sectional survey of travel advice in 254 consecutive patients

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 618-623

  Bialy, C ^a   Horne, K ^a   Dendle, C ^a   Kanellis, J ^a,b   Littlejohn, G ^a,b   Ratnam, I ^a,c   Woolley, I ^a  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised; Travel; VFR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRAVEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84930586556     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12753     Document Type: Article

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