Closing the gap in travel medicine: Reframing research questions for a new era

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Chen, Lin H ^a,b   Leder, Karin ^c,d   Wilson, Mary E ^e,f  

^a MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; Gap; Guidelines; Knowledge; Research; Travel; Travel medicine

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPORIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH PRIORITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MIGRATION; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 85020412193     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax001     Document Type: Review

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