Traveler's diarrhea in foreign travelers in southeast Asia: A cross-sectional survey study in Bangkok, Thailand

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 485-490

  Kittitrakul, Chatporn ^a   Lawpoolsri, Saranath ^a   Kusolsuk, Teera ^a   Olanwijitwong, Jutarmas ^a   Tangkanakul, Waraluk ^a   Piyaphanee, Watcharapong ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEVERAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING; EAST ASIAN; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCEANIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VIET NAM; WATER CONTAMINATION; AIRPORT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DIARRHEA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AIRPORTS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 84941614187     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0157     Document Type: Article

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