Self-reported illness among Boston-area international travelers: A prospective study

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 604-613

  Chen, Lin H ^a,b   Han, Pauline V ^c   Wilson, Mary E ^d   Stoney, Rhett J ^c   Jentes, Emily S ^c   Benoit, Christine ^e   Ooi, Winnie W ^f   Barnett, Elizabeth D ^g   Hamer, Davidson H ^h,i  

^a MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Knowledge attitudes practices; Survey; Travel; Travel associated health problems

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILL; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; EMPORIATRICS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; RHINORRHEA; SELF REPORT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SORE THROAT; TYPHOID FEVER; VERTIGO; VOMITING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BOSTON; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992107943     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.09.009     Document Type: Article

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