An epidemiological study of rates of illness in passengers and crew at a busy Caribbean cruise port

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Marshall, Cathy Ann ^a   Morris, Euclid ^a   Unwin, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Cruise ship; Diseases; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BARBADOS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SHIP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADULT; AGED; BARBADOS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SHIPS; TRAVEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84963830439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2991-3     Document Type: Article

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